The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-08-01

man on the north IS the
Joanna MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted SO MI at
tention about IT, zee years ago is
separated from the Aultman a
small porphyry dyke. The late A.
R. Watson was the original locator,
and through his energy the mine was
opened and developed While Mr..
Watson operated the mine about fifteen
hundred feet of tunnels, drifts and open
ngs were made. The lodge was stripped
aud exposed on the west cid of the mine
for distance of three hundred feet which
showed the Ledge to be very large. One of
the principal OPENINGS, the one leading to
what is known as the cave, is reached
through tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point cave was encountered aud
the orc vein was also reached From this
point an incline forty-tiYe feet in depth
was sunk, At the bottom of the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet 10 the east, and also another thir-
ty-fye feet to the Dorth. Several eros. ntS
were made ut GiEerent places, all OF " ich
are in ore Of good grade. TO the west of
the WORK in The csve sre other extensive
works. J.; Ya;l ich a large amount OF drifting
aud sinking has been done and a quantity
of good ore was exposed. great many
tons of ore were milled from this portion
Of the mine with fair results. From a
statmcnt OF facts reqardinr the Joanna
mine prepared by the Hon. fhos. Wren of
Eureka, Hevada, the folio wing quotation
is made: "The ore was reduced at II small
ten stamp water mill "a the town Of Ely,
about three miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly constructed aud the only appli-
ances Tor saving gold were copper plates.
Less than one half the gold was saved by
Nf1is mode of working, as was shown by
constant assays Of the tailinps. Approx
mately seven dollars ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns bv
Watson under oath TO the assessor Of White
Pile county, for the purpose t. Htton.
This would give, adding the gold lost n
the tailings, an average OF fourteen dollars
a ton in the ore worked. The amount TAX
en- out in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand dollars. The exact
figures are on record in the office OF the
asses 50" of White Pine county, Some dis
tanca ther to the west there is tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in ]en9uh that
cross-ciIts the ledge. The whole length of
the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
ago this tunnel was sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler, the averaFe OF the
different samples taken giving $4.10 in gold.
There have been various estimates Of the
amount of ore III sieht. 1t would be diff
cult indeed for ell estimates to be mace
with any degree OF accuracy Some, now
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value of $12.50 per
ton, The pold is free bnt the clay and
oxide Of iron require more than the ord1-
nary plate process Tor SaElhP the Polu.
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, 1t
has suffered as many min s have before it.
When the first great strike was made, and
ii was known that it was mine of unusual
merit, litiFatio began which ran through
the courts for e term of several years at
Preat expense and annoyance 10 the owner.
The property was tied up and could not be
united until the juGPlnent of the court WAS
had. Durinp this litigation number OF
mninp men visited the Joana at various
times and made examinations G: the prop
erty. 1t is generally believed that the
property met their expectations and was
satisfactory; but tie law. s'iiea 'ino;' III tht
way until ali were tired or. Had !, nc}
beeu for this unfortunate atl&;" j. wcH,0
nd doubt, be ona o the i9rgc fro1~o - O.
he day, and the district y EotiEsor
would lie in qu,te I. diffarsnT ccndi IL.
The Jo&na mi3s IS now nc II - 9.
MeesrS., H., Wrs,l. Cheney, sa =, and
Jackso,i. These eertl,m;r own number
O mines Ia ,hs distric;.
JoANA NO .,
The property Of Messrs. Gstereard, House.
Lawson, Hip and others. adjgins the 10
ana on the vests There mas hecn ronsid-
erabl> work done, but not sufficient to
develop the valve Of tina clpim. In the
deepest working they have some good ore,
the same az the Joanna in character. Out
of number of tons miiied from this pop
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
cHAINMAN GROUP,
The property OF Messrs. Lyons, McGill,
McOmie aud Underhill is situate on Ault-
man hill, adiOinng the Aultman mine on
the west aud the Joanna No. 2 on the south
The Proupis composed of five mines, which
arc the Chairman Chairman Gore. Turkey Y
Southern CrOss-all adjacent to other. The
deVeloEm ent work upon the group is most
ly done upon the Chairman and Chairman
Gore Miues. Tile entrance to the mine is
through , large tunnel, which taps the
ledge al a point 500 feet from the mouth OF
the tunnel, and 125 from tho surface. At
The point of intersection made by the tun-
mel aud hedge lateral drift has been run
to the west a distance Of 500 feet; also, a
lateral drift has been run to the east 70 feet
to a winZeaehich extends down to a second
or lower @levck- of the mine, a distance of
100 feet below the tnnnel or first level.
Thus it will be seen the total depth at this
point is 227 Feet. Going back to point
where the lateral drift vest leaves the
tunnel ~ distance of sixty feet to west in the
drift crosscut has been made to the south,
and an openin" to the north at the same
point, which shows the ledge at this point
to be thirty feet wide. Forty feet further
to the west, in the Lateral drift, there is
stOpe to the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged S11 per ton There is
an opening to the surface q distance of
something more than 100 feet through the
roof OF the stopc which is in ore all the
way. On the opposite side OF the drift
there is crosScut to the north The dis
and to the end of the crosscut shows the
ledge to be 42 fsrt wide. Tho ore stope
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
distance Of fifty feet to another CROSSE ut
to the north, and shows the ledge to be
twenty-four feet wide. The crosscut is not
Sc so gold per ton. Fifty feet further west
in the lateral drift another another cross