The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-02-15

just below and adjoining the Anit-
man on the north is the
Joanna NINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so MI at
tention about IT, zee years ago is
separated from the Aultlnan
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
aud exposed on the west ehd OF the niue
| for a distance of three hundred feet which
showed the ledge to be very large. One OF
the principal openings, the one leading 70
| what is known as the cave, IS reatneu
| through tunnel sixty feet in length, NJ
! which pOint cave was encountered dud
| the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an iuclne fo.ty-iive feet in depth
was SINK. At the lotion OF the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
| five feet 10 the east, aud also another tlbT-
ty-fve feet to the north. Several eros pts
/ were made at different places, MI OF Mssich
are in ore OF good grade. 10 tile vest Oh
| the work in the cave are DINER extensive
| works, In watch a large a,noHrtof drifting
aud sinking has been done ana quantity
of good ore WAS exposed. great many
| tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results. From a
| statfnent of facts regarding the Joana
mine. prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren OF
| Eureka, Nevada, the following quotation
! is mace: "1he orc was reduced at small
| ten STAMP water mill at the town OF Ely.
| about three miles from the mine. The mill
| il poorly constructed aud the only appli-
anres 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
| natelr seyeh dollars a ton was saved by
| this process, as shown by the returns by
| Watson under oath 10 the assessor 81 White
Pine county, for tn purpose % taxation.
This would give, adding the gpsi i2sf n
| the tailings, an average OF fourteen dollars
| u ION in the ore worked. The amount TAX
| en- out in the aggregate WAS something
| over fifteen Thousand dollars. Tie exact
| figures are on record in the office of the
assessor of White Pine county" Some dis
lance fur her to the west there Is tunnel
ono hundred and Iifty feet in length 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 nverage OF the
different samples taken giving $40 in gold.
| There have been various estimates OF the
amount OF ore in sight 1t would be dill
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 $3.50 per
1
oxide OF iron require more than the ordi-
| nary plate process for saving the gcic.
The Joana mine has been unfortunate, 1t
| has 50 ffered as many min have before II.
| When the first great strike was made, aDc
| il was known tat ii was mine OF unusual
merit. litipatio began which ran through
| tho courts for term OF several years AT
great expense and annoyance TO the owner
| The property was tied up and could not be
united until the JUDGMENT Of the court was
| had. DuriHe this litigation number OF
mining men visited the Joanna ut various
| times and made examinations q ibs PROM
| crty 1t is generally believed that the
property met their expectations and was
| satisfactory; bat The law suits stood in the
way until all eere tiied on. Had + nos
l.een for this uniorirnatc affair u weuid,
| no doubt he caa oi sne lavse producers -
| he day. ard tie districs o. ,ol.inson
would be Ia qulse a different condi ion.
| The Joana mine is now the prenez y 81
Messss, u.lp, Nren. Cheney, shs'iss ana
| jackson. These gentlemen own number
OF mines il tbs district
Joanna No. ?,
The property Of Messrs. Ostcrgard, House.
| Lawson. Hip aad others. aGlclns The Jc-
ana on the west. There has been rDnsid-
1 cradle wor,. done, but net sufficient TO
| develop tic value OF the claim. In the
| deepest working they have Sonic good ore,
| he Same az the Joana in character. Out
Of e number of tons milled from this pop
| crty q fer ton IN gold was saved.
CRAFTSMAN GROUP.
Tho property OF Messrs. Lyons, McGuI.
NcOmie and Underh.ll, If situated on Ault-
man hill, ADJOINING the Aultman mine on
| thc est aid the Joanna No. = on the south
| The s7oupis composed Of five mines, which
arc the Chairman Chairman Gore, Turkey v
! Sou tllern Cross-all ediaccnt 70 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, Y mich taps the
| ledge at point 500 feet from the mouth of
| the tunnel, aud 125 from the surface. At
the point of intersection made by the tun-
| mel and ledge q lateral drift has been run
| 10 tine west a distance of 500 feet; also. a
| lateral drift has been run to the east rs feet
| to a Wine which extends down to second
or lower level Of the mine, a distance of
| 100 feet below the tnnnel or first level.
Thus il will be seen the total depth at this
point Is 227 feet. Going back TO a point
| where the lateral drift 6est leaves the
tunnel distance ofsixty feet to west In the
| drift crosscut has been made to the south,
| and an opening 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 sl1 per ton. There is
/ an opening to the surface a 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
there IL crosscut to the north, The dis
lance taken from the back Of the ST. pc
and to the end Of the crosscut shows the
ledge to be AZ feet wide. Tho ore stope
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
a distance OF fifty feet to another crosscuf
to the north, and shows the ledge to be