The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-05-02

Just below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north is the
JoANA NINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so mi at
tention about til 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
ings were made. The ledge was stripped
and exposed on the west end 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 and
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-tive feet in depth
was sunk. At the bottom of the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east aud also another thlr-
ty-five feet to the north. Several Crosse nts
were made at different places, all OF which
are in ore of good grade. To the west OF
the work in the cave are other extensive
works, in which large amount of drifting
and sinking has been done and quantity
tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results. From q
ktatment of facts regarding the JOana
mine, prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren of
Eureka, Nevada, the following quotation
is made: "The ore WAS reduced at q small
ten stamp water mill at the town of Ely,
about three miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly constructed and the only appli-
ances for saving gold were copper plates.
Less than one-half the gold was saved by
this mode of working, as was shown by
constant assays of the tailings. APPROX
mately seven dollars a ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns by
Watson under oati, to the assessor Of White
Pine county, fer the purpose 0i teX9tiop.
This would give, adding the soic lost in
the tailings, an average OF fourteen dollars
Il 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 or the
assessor of White Pine county," Some dis
lance furth to the west there is tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in lenPth that
cross-cuts 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 average of the
different samples taken giving $415 i'll Pold.
There have been various estimates OF the
amount of ore in sight. 1t would be diff
cult indeed for all estimates to be MADE
with any degree of accuracy. Some, how
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value OF $l2.50 per
ton The gold is free bnt the clay and
oxide of iron require more than the ordi-
nary plate process for saving the gold.
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, 1t
hrs suffered as many min $ have before 1t:
When the first great strike was made, and
il was known that it was a mine OF unusual
merit. litigatio began which ran through
the courts for term of several years at
great expense and annoyance TO the owner.
Tie property was tied up and could not be
united until the judpment of the court was
had. During this litigation number of
mining men visited the Joanna at various
times and made examinations Q. the prop
erty. 1t is generally believed that the
property met their expectations and WIS
satisfactory; but the law SUITS e!ond in the
WAY until all were titeti 0ut. Had H. not
been for this unfortuna5e aiair i won,d
no doubt, be one OF the LARGE PRODUCERS Of
he day, and the district of Robinson
would be in qutse differen- ccrdiaio,..
The Joana mine is now the ITope-gy ct
Messrs, Hip, Wren: Cheney, 6aule1 ana
Jackson These gentlemen owa number
o. mines in tho district.
Joanna NO. .,
The property of Messrs Ostcreard House.
Lawson, Hip and Others adioins the Jo-
ana on the west There has been consid-
cradle work done, but not sufficient to
deyclop the value of the claim. In the
deepest working they have some good ore,
| the same as the Joanna in character Out
| of a number of tons milled from this prop
| erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property of Messrs. Lyons, McGill,
McOmie and Gnierhill, is situate on Ault-
| man hill, adioininp the Aultman mine on
| the west and the Joanna No. 2 on the south
| The groupis com posed of five mines, which
are the Chairman Chairman Gore, TurkeyV
Southern Cross-a!l adjacentt to other. The
development work upon the group is most
| ly done upon the Chairman and Chairman
| Gore mines. The entrance to the mine is
| through large tunnel, which taps the
| ledge at point 500 feet from the mouth of
| the tunnel, and 125 from the surface. At
| the point of intersection made by the tun-
| mel and ledge lateral drift has been run
| to the west a distance of 800 feet; also,
| lateral drift has been run to the east rs feet
| to a Wine which extends down to a second
| or lower level 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 Ofsixty 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 $11 per ton. There is
an opening to the surface distance of
something more than 100 feet through the
roof of the stope, which is in ore all the
way. On the opposite side OF the drift
lance taken from the back of the stcpe
and to the end of the crosscut shows the
ledge to be AZ feet wide The ore stope
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
a distance of fifty feet to another crossout
to the north, and shows the ledge to be
twenty-four feet wide The crosscut is not
entirely across the ledge. An average gives
Sc 90 gold per ton. Fifty feet further west