The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-11-28

man on the north is the
Joanna MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so mi | at
tention about IT, zee years ago. is
separated from the Aultman u
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, ut
which point cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. FROM this
point an incline forty-iive feet in depth
was sunk At the bottom OF the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the cast, and also another thir-
ty-five feet to the north. Several crosse uts
were made Mt 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
of good ore was exposed. great many
tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results From a
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 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 onc-half the gold WAS saved by
this mode of working, as was shown by
constant assays Of the tailings. Approx
mately seven dollars ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns by
Watson under oath to the assessor OF White
Pine county, for the purpose Of taxation.
This would give, adding the gold lost in
the tailings, an average OF fourteen dollars
u 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 OF the
assesso" of White Pine county" Some dis
lance urther to the west there IL a 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 S4lj 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 aud
oxide OF iron require more than the ordj-
nary plate process for saving the FOlQ.
The Joana mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min have before it,
When the first great strike WIS made, and
ii was known THAT it was q mine OF unusual
merit GtipatiO.t began which ran through
the courts for term OF several yealS AT
great expense and AunoyRnc" 10 the owner.
The propcrty Was tied mp and could not be
united Until the JUDGMENT Of the court was
had Durinp this HtigatiOn number Of
mi Wis llp
times and made examinations Gt the prop
erty II is generally believed that the
pronerty met their eXpeCtatioifa aad was
satisfactory; nut the law suit STOOD IN the
way until ali were tired Out Had Il mo-
been for this unior;upn5e AFFAIR il gvnulc
no doubt he one OF the large HvC3re.=5 a.
the dav. and the District OF Robinson
would be in quite = different ec-2di :9@.
Tho Joann miro Is now tas proper -
Meesrs, Hilo, Wren Cheney. sadie ana
jackson. These gentlemen own NUN Der
Of mines in the district
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/ ana on the west. There has been consid-
| cradle work done. but not sufficient to
| deyclop the value OF the clsiln. In the
| deer est working they have some rood ore
| the eame as the Joanna in character. out
| Of q number Of TONS rni1led from This nrop-
| erty 81 Der ton in gold was saved.
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