The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-02-22

JOANA NINE,
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
ings were made. The ledge was stripped
aud exposed on the west elld 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 a tunnel sixty feet in length, Mt
which point cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-iiye feet in depth
was sunk. 1t the bottom OF the incline
drift was driven one hundred and tWe0tY4
five feeI to the east aud also another thiT-
ty-fiYe feet TO the north Several eros. Il is
were made at different places, all OF " iph
are in ore Of good grade. 10 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
of good ore WAS exposed. \ great mAuv
tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results. From a
mine. prepared by the liou. Thos. Wren OF
Eureka, Nevada, the following quotation
Is made. 1.-The ore was reduced at 81 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 Wero copper plates
Less than one-hNlf the gold WAS saved by
this mode Of working, as was shown by
constant assays of the tailines. ApproHi-
mately seven dollars ton was SaTed by
this process, az shown by the returns by
watson under cath 10 the assessor 81 White
Pine county, for b" purpose o, t&Xat'on.
This would give, Gdding the Se3.t lost in
the tailingst an average OF fourteen dollars
a tor in the ore worked. The amount TAX
en- ont in the aggregate WIS something
over fifteen Thousand dollars. Inc exact
figures are or record in tho office Of the
assessor OF hite Pine county" Some dis
lance further to the west there is d tunnel
one hundred and fifty 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 average Of the
different samples taken giving $!lo IN gold.
There have been various estimates OF the
amount of ore in sight. 1t would be diiii-
cult indeed for all estimates to he made
with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the ayerspc value Of $3.50 per
ton The gold is free bnt the clay and
oxide Of iron require more than the ordi-
nary plate process for saving the gold.
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min have before ii,
When the first great strike was made ard
II 1,ns known tbst it WAS y mine Of unlisilal
merit Iitigntio ! hersp WHICH rMn through
the rorrts for term of several Years at
great expense and annoyance to the owner.
TIE property was tied up and could not be
untied until the Judgment of the court was
had. Durinr this filtration a jff5rlber OF
mining men visited tie Joanna ut vnri0uS
riIney and made examinations Or jhe prop
g., A. L. l,.af; Av.F. a
,rn,Serty met their exnectationa aud was
sstiefq Glory: hnl s};e law sli,e stacd IN tn
va, mill MI .srrr urad eut. ii5.d :. moi
cen for This unfaetena5c atiair T. ,vej,it
NJ, Gol7l,t he nm, ~ the T. - mo tiir4.1 -.
he dor and tbn distritt r. rc.i,,seu
~ nj ] Ia in auifa a diiiprc-ee qf9airio-
Ina Joana mine il now sh@ - f..r o.
Ns+srs, Min. 0ren. Dheney. c44.sI aa9
Isnlean Tbosa penl!pYrfl Own llu1nber
o. mines in he district.
'oANA Nv -
THE nronerty of Messrs. Ost..rcartl. House.
TsJ,anf, Iiiip ond others. a,sioipg he a.
mrs. ~, ihe zIas+ There hos hen .9nsia
eYqbln work done. }nf nf4 sufficient to
davrlon the value Of The claim. Ia the
dearfst working tney have so1,lc good ore,
Inc same as the Io9na ir character or
Of y number of tons ri1lnd from hi. Dron-
erty 81 rnr ton in cold was saved
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CHAIRMAN CIRCUIT,
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neQ M, aa(olRlGo me a uiohitn mine on
vi NJ " eHI at'l Wy ''oa1A ~ o4 ny sous5;
lhS ioGp - com ,$ -; ~ ~ t iAl1es, WHien
Glr tHe CAt,lhlha ~ : M, Until ,'oIe, ufket
S9utnerli r9fs-3ll h' !aten' . othcr. me
g EeloFmSht Toi upon the group is most
1olI7 aPo4 ~ ~ Nn5l.l.l,au hIa C'aiHlllah
HoIe ilIueS' lhe ontlauce 70 me mine IL
through large tGnlel, when taps the