The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-10-17

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 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
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 o tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point cave was encountered and
the ore vein WAS also reached. From this
point an incline forty-fve 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-live feet to the north. Several cross uts
were made at 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 q large amount Of drifting
and sinking has been doue and quantity
of good ore was exposed, great many
Of the mine with fair results. From g
statment of facts regarding the Joanna
mine, prepared by the Hon. 'rhos. 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 appE-
ances Tor saving gold were copper plates.
Less than one-half the gold was saved by
this mode of working, SIS was shown by
constant assays of the tailinPs Approx
mately seven dollars ton was saved by
this process as shown by the returns bV
Watson under oath 70 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
a ton in the ore worked. The amount talk
en- CIT in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand dollars. The exact
figures are on record in the office OF the
aesesso" of White Pine county" Some dis
tance further to the west there is tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in length that
crosg-cuts the ledge. The whole length of
the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
ago this tunnel way sampled in sections by
al experienced sampler, the average OF the
different samples taken giving $4.15 in cold.
There have been various estimates OF the
amount of ore in sieht. 1t would be diff
cult indeed for all estimates 10 be made
with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value OF $l2.50 per
ton The gold is free bat the Clay and
oxide Of iron require more than the ordi-
nary plate process for saving the gold.
The Joanna mine has been U1tfortanate, it
has Suffered as many min s have before it.
When tie first great strike WAS made, aad
ii Was known that 1t was mine Of nhllsual
merit, litigatiO began which ran through
the courts for & term OF several years at
great eXuenSc and annoyance 10 the owner.
Tire property was TIED up &ad could not be
united until the luuplncnt 81 the court was
ha6. DuriNr this LITIGATION number OF
mining men VISITED lie Joana AT various
times and made eXGminationS Q: the prop
erty. 1t is generally DeleYed thAc the
property met their expectations and was
sGtis factory; but 5he laW EalaS siOoG IN me
way until ail WeTc tifeo or. il0t' - GoE
been for his untGr9Una& &a9if i. |rUt>
40 doubt, be one f8e iaEec pfolQGtfs g
The day, and me flstiirI ot ii9oiGs0l
would be in qulsc dll.aren- coEdi 70.
The Joanna nllae = 2o59 rae PTVf2-., e
Messrs, Hip, wren. EheneJ, SAGE! AZ
Jackson. These gentlemen own q NUMBER
O. mines ia tbs district
laANA No. .
The property Of Ale%trs. Disregard, House.
Lawson, Hip and osaers, eGjoiuS the jo-
ana on the west. There has been consid-
cradle work done, bat not sufficient to
develop the value Of the claim. Jn the
deepest working they have some good ore,
the same as the Joanna in character. out
Of number CT tons millod from this prop
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
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CHAIRMAN 'hoof'
The pronertv of Nessrs. LYONS. McGiu
Me0mie and fTnderbil1 l. situate, on Anil
m91 hill adioininr the Amman mine on
the west and tbe Ioana No Jon the south
The gronnis colnnosed Of i've mines. which
are tbe Cbainman Cboinman Gore TnrkeyV
Southern GrossWs1J adiarent to otber The
develonment work mon the gronn is most
" done mon the Chainman and Cbainman
Gore mines The nntrance 70 The ,ninn is