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

Whose rich ore attracted Sc 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
and exposed on the west ehd OF the mine
for a distance of three hundred feet which
showed the ledge to be very large. One Oh
! the principal openings, the one leading to
| what is known as the cave, is reached
! through a tunnel sixty feet in length, at
| which point cave was encountered and
the ore 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 to the east, and also another tnir-
| ty-ive feet to the north. Several eros nts
were made ut different places, oil CT wien
are in ore az good grade. 70 the west of
the work in The Gaze ore other extensive
works, ia which d large amount OF drifting
| and sinking he's been done aud a quantity
of good ore was exposed. great many
| tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results. From
! statment of facts regarding the Joanna
| mine, prepAred by the Hon. fhos. Wren of
Eureka, Nevada, tire folio wing quotation
| is made: 1.-THE ore WAS reduced 1T 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 were copper plates.
| Less than one-half the gold was saved by
| this mode of working, as was shown by
! constant assays OF the tailin9s Approx
! mately seven dollars q ton was saved by
| this process, as shown by the returns by
| Watson under oath to the assessor g White
| Pine county fer The purpose o tasAton.
| This would give, adding the GelH 10 I in
| the tailings, an average OF fourteen dollar
a ton in the ore worked. The amount taxi
| en- out in the aggregate IVES something
| over fifteen tho} sa nd collars. The exact
figures are on record in the office Of the
| assessor of White Pine county," Some dis
| lance further to the west there is a tunnel
| one hundred and fifty feet in lenglh 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 "a. - in Pold.
! There have been various estimates OF the
| amount of ore in sight. It would he diff
| cult indeed for all estimates to be maze
| with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
| ever, have sho.Jn more than fifteen thou
| sand tons of the AVERAGE value of $3.50 per
ton. The gold is free but the ebay and
| oxide of iron require more than the ordi-
| nary plate yrocess for saving the gold.
| The Ioana mine has been unfortunate, it
! has suffered as many min have before it:
! When the first great strike was made, and
| il was known that it was ii mine 81 unusual
merit, iitipat0 began which ran through
| the courts for term OF several years at
| great expense and annoyance 20 the owner.
I TIE property was tied up and could not be
| united uut;l the JUDGEMENT of the court VAS
| had. Duriup this litigation g. mum Der OF
mining men visited the Joan2 at various
| times and made examinations o: TIL prop
| erty. 1t is generally believed TINT the
| pr6pertY l1et their expectations ard YVES
| satis factory; hut tho law S'.i : 4tHu y tl3
| WAY Until all were tired ~E:. NEa i efs3
been Ter ihia aascrsrna e "fi..iT j. Ecu G
| no GOnbt lac o-sr o. fha iar%e prod"E - -
the DAY, AND tle district 81 ho5irsa-.
| would 30 in 3i,lTe g Gi.4t-4:Lt q -..{I -.
| The Joanna nina is n9lo 1.i> 10 g. 2
| Messre. HHp, Wre31 "a"ats, aa..@. Mad
Jackson. 4hesc gertlnmt. own "a number
o. 1niucs il. the district.
JoANi M. >,
| The property Of tfcss7s. O~tfrgayd, House.
lawson, Hip aUd others, 81 iiti0@ The 10
ana on the west. Yherc has Icea tonYid-
erabl. work done, brt n0t Sdd'cisu4 to
| develop the value Oh the dlfi.n. N the
| deeneat working they have s9ine good ore,
| the same as TIC Joanna il ch4f;tetef. Ont
Of q number OF t@uS m.iled from thia iIoE-
erty 81 per ton in GOLD was saTcd.
cHAIrMAN GRoUP,
Tho property OF 'Iessrs. l. {one, McGill,
| McOmie and UrGcrhill, is situate Oh Ault-
man hill. adjoining The AEl1n an mine on
| the west and the Joanna No. Dion the south
| The pronpis composed of i've mines, which
are the Chairman Chairman 1Ore. Turkey
| Southern CroSs-all adjacent il other. The
| development work upon the IrOup il ~ st-
! ~ done upon the Chairman "a nd Chairman
| Gore mines. The antrauee tb the nine is
| through \ large tunnel, which taps The
! ledge at a point 500 feet from the mouth of
! the tunnel, and 125 fro the surface AT
| the p0!ut of intersectio made by the tun-
mel and ledge . lateral drift has been run
| to the west distance Of 500 feet; also, q
! lateral drift has beep run to the east IS feet
| to Wine which extends down to a second
or lower level of the mine, q distance of
100 feet below the tunnel 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 madelto the south,
AND an openin to the north at the same
point, which shows the ledge at this point
| to the west, in the lateral drift there is q
stope to the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
null, which averaged $l1 per ton. There is
| an opening to the surface a distance Of
something more than 100 feet Through the
roof OF the store 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 thc crosscut shows the
| ledge to be AZ fset wide The ore stope
extends along the lateral driftIto the west,
distance Of fifty feet to another croSscu
twenty-four feet wide The crosscut is not
entirely across the ledge. An AVERAGE gives
rs so gold per ton. Fifty feet further west
in the lateral drift another another cross
cut is made to the north twenty -eie hit feet:
also to the south distance Of eighty feet.
The crosscut to the south has not extended
entirely across the ledge. The average
value o: the north crosscut is SIG por ton