The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-05-23

Joanna 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 fest of tunnels, drifts and open
ings were made. The ledge was stripped
and 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 and
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-tve 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 thir-
ty-five feet to the north. Several CROSSE u Is
were made at different places, all of winch
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
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. Thos. Wren of
Eureka, Nevada, the following quotation
is made: 1.-THE ore was reduced at 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 q ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns bv
Watson under oath to the assessor OF White
Pine county, for the purpose o. taxation.
This would give, adding the gold lost i'll
the tailings, an average of fourteen dollars
q ton in the ore worked. The amount Tux
en- out in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand dollars. 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 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 81 in gold.
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 $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 Joana mine has been unfortunate, 1T
hns suffered as many mines have before it.
When the first great strike was made, aud
il was known that it was mine of unusual
merit, litigation began which ran through
the courts for a 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. During this litigation number OF
mining men visited the Joanna a. various
times and made examinations o: the prop
erty. 1t is generally believed that the
property met their expectations and was
satisfactory; bnt the law suita stood in the
way until al were tired ont lad 10 not
been for this unfortunate affair it would.
no doubt, be one OF the large producers of
the day, and the district OF Robinson
would be in quite different condiica.
The Joanna mine is now tae nrep1G:y Of
Messrs, Hip, Wren: Cheney, oauier and
jackson. These gentlemen own a number
o. mines in tho district.
Joanna NO. 2,
The property of Messrs. Ostorgard, House
Lawson, Hip and others, adjoins the 10
ana or thr west. There has been consid-
cradle work done, but not sufficient to
develop the value of tho 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,
McOmie and Underhill, is situaten on Ault-
man hll adjoininr the AGltman mine on
the west and the Joanna No. on the south
The aroupis composed of five mines, which
are the Chairman Chaiuman Gore, Turkey
Southern Cross-al adjacent to other. The
development work upon the group is most
ly done upon the Ch,inman and chairman
Gore mines. The entrance to the mine is
through large tuuuel, which taps the
ledge vt point 500 feet from the mouth of
the tunnel, and 125 from the surface. AT
the p0ipt of intersection made by the tun-
mel and ledge lateral drift has been run
to the west distance of 800 feet; also, a
lateral drift has been run to the east rs feet
to 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 of sixty feet to west in the
DRIFT crosscut has been IN ade to the south,
and an 4peninS 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
there is crosscut to the north. The dis
lance taken from the back of the stcpe
and to the end of the crosscnt shows the
ledge to be AZ feet wide. The ore stope
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
distance OF fifty feet to another crossCut
to the north, and shows the ledge to be
twenty-four feet wide. The crosscut is not
entirely across the ledge. An average gives
IS so gold per ton. Fifty feet further west
in the lateral drift another another cross
cut is made to the north twenty eight feet:
also to the south a distance of eighty feet.
The crosscut to the south has not extended
entirely across the ledge. The average
value Of the north crosscut is SIG por ton
in gold The average in the south crosscut
is S. pert on in gold. The ledge at this point
is eh OWN to be Jos feet wide. Twenty feet