The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-12-19


Joanna MINE.
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
and exposed on the west etd 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 rs 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-tiye feet in depth
was sunk. At the bottom of the incline Il
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east, and also another thir-
ty-iive feet to the north. Several cross uts
were made at different places. all of watch
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 u quantity
of good ore was exposed. A great many
tons of ore were milled from this portion
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 a 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 a 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 OF taxation.
This would give, adding the gold lost in
the tailings, an average of fourteen dollars
Il ton in the ore worked. The amount TAX
en- ont 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 THAI
cross-cuts the ledge. The whole length of
the tunnel is in l@dpe matter. Some time
ago this tunnel was sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler, the AVERAGE of the
different samples taken giving $415 in pold.
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 &YcrG: c value of $3.50 per
ton. The gold is free but the clay and
OXIDE OF IRON require more iNdl' we OTNl-
nary plate process for Saving the gold.
The ,Toana mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min have before 1t.
When the first great strike WAS made, and
it was known Tat it was mine OF unusual
merit, litipatio ber9n which ran through
tbs courts for . term Of several years at
great expense and annoyance 10 the owner.
TIL property WAS TIED up and could rot DC
united until III u iu61rment Of The court was
had Durinp this litip;tion 81 number OF
mininp men visited lie Jo@na III various
times and made examinations o. tn prop
erty. It is generally believed that tho
property met their expectations and was
satisfactory: nrt t6e law sUl stood in the
way Until all WE tiieJ 9E', iiaG :, &c.
been fer this II sGrsta&12 al = j. "f1 c
10 doubt. be Ga" o - is-Ee zra"zs><t -
he day, an6 tie ,is-rit. ~ i,o iTs9n
would Ae in qr'5a aria - cecai %.
TIC JoArA min. l. ~ - q: .
MaSsrs, Hilo, "ran t'Hsae{, :2,.zt. ~
jackson. IhatN aantt,..ntn UHl d number
o. mines in tha district.
Joanna ne. .,
The property Of Mefsre. Ostergard House
Lawson, Hip and others, adieins the 10
ana on the west. There has heen consid-
erable work Goue, but not sufficient to
develop the value of the claim. In the
deepest working they have some good ore,
the fame as the Joanna in character. Ont
of number of tons milled from this prop
erty ST. per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property OF Messrs. Lyons, McGil,
McOmie and Upderhill, is situate on Ault-
man hill, ADJOINING the Aultman mine 90
the west and the Joanna No on the south
The Proupis composed OF five mines, which
are the Chairman chairman Gore, T&rEcNN
Southern Cross--aIl adjacent to other. The
development work upon TIE group is most
ly done upon the Chairman and Chairman
Gore mines. The entrance to the lniGe is
through \ large tunnel, which taps the
ledge at point 800 feet from the mouth of
the tunnel, and 125 from the surface. AT
the point of intersection made by the tun-
mel and ledge lateral drift has been run
to the west a distance of 800 feet; also, a
lateral drift has been run to the east 70 feet
to Wine which extends down to q second
or lower level of the mine, distance of
100 feet below the tnnnel or first level
Thus it will be seen the total depth at this
point is 227 1eet.. Going back to point
where the lateral drift 6est leaves the
tunnel distance ofsixty feet to west in the
drift a 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 $11 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 is crosscut to the north. The dis
lance taken from the back of the st~pe
and to the end of the crosscut shows the
ledge to be 42 feet wide. The ore stope
extends alone 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 &iNea
Sc 80 gold per ton Fifty feet flr,Eer west
in the lateral drift another another err
cut is made to the north twenty eight feet:
also to the south distance of eighty i ct.
The crosscut to the south has not extended