The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-11-07

Joanna NINE,
Whose rich ore attracted SO MI ! at
tention about tt 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 maze. The ledge was stripped
and exposed on the west ehd of the mine
! for distance Of three hundred feet which
| showed the ledge to be very large. One of
| the principal opcniuPs, 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-ye feet in depth
| was sunk. Al the bottom OF the incline n
drift WAS driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the east, and also another thir-
! ty-tiYe feet to the north. Several cross, uts
were made at different places all of which
| are in ore Of good grade. 70 the west Of
| the work III the cave are other extensive
works, in which a large amount OF drifting
and sinking has been done and n quantity
Of good ore was exposed. great many
tons of ore We're milled from this portion
Of the mine with fair results. From a
ststment of facts regarding the Joanna
| Eureka, Nevada, the following quotation
is made: "The ore was reduced at Il 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 CT the tailngs ApproXi-
m&tely seven dollars ton WAS saved by
this process, as shown by the returns by
Watson under cath to the assessor Of White
Piue county, fer The purpose of taxation.
| This would give, adding the gold lost in
the tNilingG, an average OF fourteen dollars
y ton in the ore worked. The amount tax
en- out in the aggregate was something
Over fifteen Thousand dollars. The exact
figures s.rc on record in the Office of the
asseeso" OF White Pine county, Some dis
lance further 10 the west there is tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in lenPth that
cross-cuts the ledge. The whole length of
the tunnel Is in LEDGE matter. Some time
ago this tuunel was sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler, the aVerAre Of the
different samples taken giving $l.15 in F0ld.
| There have been.VArious estimates OF the
amount Of ore in si;ht 1t would be diff
cult indeed Ter 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 bat The clay and
oxide OF iron require more than the ordi-
nary plate process for saving the gold.
The IOuna mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min have before il.
When tie first great strike was mace, aud
| il was known that it vas q mine Of unusual
merit. litigatio began which ran through
the codrts fer q term OF several years at
| great expense and annoyance 20 the owner.
! The property was tied up and could not be
| untiei until the JUDGMENT Of the court Vas
| had. DUriup this litigation. Il number oil
| mining men visited Inc JuApa at various
! times and made eXdmiratiOns .: th> prop
| crtv 1t is generally believed that the
| at isRi % ~