The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-07-18

Just below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north is the
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 fest OF tunnels, drifts and open
ings were made. The ledge was stripped
and exposed on the west eud Of the mine
for 4 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 MS the cave, is reached
through tunnel sixty feet in length, ut
which point cave was encountered and
tho ore vein WAs also reached From this
point an incline forty-hve feet in depth
was sunk. At the bottom OF the iprli lie u
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to the caSy, Gnd also another thir-
ty-fve feet 10 TIE noCth. several cross. nts
were m4Ge a. different place, all OF " ieh
are in ore Of good afua TO the west OF
the Worl, il thA cave ale other extensive
works, in wnich q large amount Of drifting
and sinking has been done and quantity
of good ore was exposed. a great many
tons OF ore were milled from this portion
Of the mine with fair results. From
htatment OF facts repsTdinr the Joanna
mine, pr pared By the Hon. ThOS. Wren Of
Eureka, Nevada, the folio ing quotation
is made: "The ore was reduced al Ii 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 Tor saving gold were copper plates
Less than one-hdlf the gold was saved by
hic odd Nf,
constant assays OF the taillnps. APPROX
mately seven dollars ton was r0yed by
this process, IS shown by the returns by
Watson under 0Nth 70 the assessor ~ waite
Pine county, for he purpose o .'sTNiion.
This would give, adding the %oid lost in
the tailings, nh average Of fourteen dollars
q ton in the ore worked. The amount TAX
en- out in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand dollars Ihe exact
figures are ON record in the office of the
aSsuS sO~ OF White Pine county," Some dis
tauce further to the west there is tunnel
one hundred and fifty fee. in length that
crOsS-cuts the ledge. The whole length Of
the tunnel is in ledge meter Some time
ago this tunnel Was sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler, the average OF the
different samples taken giving $4.15 in gold.
There have been various estimates Of the
amount OF ore in sight. 1t would be iii
cult indeed for all estimates to be made
with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
ever, have SHOWN more than fifteen thou
tons OF
ton. The pold is free bnt the clay and
49, 10 rocess fnT INC The ool1
The Joanna mine has been unlortunatc, 1t
has suffered az many min nave peIore II;
When the first great strike was mace atq
it was known that it was q mine OF unusual
merit, litjPatio. began which ran through
the courts Tor tenn OF several years al
great expense ana annoyance TO th2 owner
The properly was t!cu up an.i coulu nor be
united untiI the }noPment OF me cotrt was
had. DurnP inns liug@tlon rumDer OF
MINING men visited tie JoAna al various
times ara Made eGamiE4tlohS e. ne prop
erty. IL is generally DeueNeo tnaC the
property net thetr expectations aaQ Wy
sAtlAtAInT!; htl 1H2 !~W SUI '- G. u u
NaN nNnt M W"T@ t}ieG or i:ht SO
been ~ y: II uAtGfSHnlic 8i1"iH !. go g
no Hc'&i, bH O29 o. !-ir g tf". r.. -
Tue cay, sAu t4e .i;&'ti'. az .'''''i'tNi}@
would DE III que 3 4it.~F, CT -
EA2 Jo&n3 lAi;I - E3E "t - =
N'sSrF. Hi, NF*n h'fHt': So 8, IA
Jackson. !esr gra ;'r':t :. ~ :. .tUlh9e1
9 mines IA Iii dlS'i1c''
Joanna No. o
The property of MeSfrf. G1'f rTArd, 'n@se.
Lawson, HID aHd other#, H"lti7S the 10
ans on t}c west. TAere b.H He@A ro2sit-
erhhiH work dope, but not '"Htl-nt to
develop the ValGe OF me rt IN. II tde
G"olc't Worklp" they nave s"b" rood ore,
the Same as TIE Joa1S in rhAf@rt"f nut
Of 6 number of tons miilcd rom Uhla prop
erty 81 per tt n in eoid was saved.
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The rrOrc,tv al Eieysrs. Lyons. McGill
WcOmie md jlrGerhill Is sjtt1n(a on Anil.
the west and the JoAua No. 2 on the soI1th
The grGuy i, comNosod OF five mines which
are III On sinm AN Chairman Gore. Turkey, Y
Southern CroSs--all .djacent to other. The