The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-07

on what is known as Aultman Hill.
just below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north is the
Joanna MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so mi ! at
tention about IL 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 DIr.
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 et.d 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-liye 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 tnlr-
ty-five feet to the north. Several eros uts
were made at different places, ali OF 4ich
are in ore Of good grade. To the west OF
the work in the cave arc other extensive
works, in watch Il 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
statmcnt of facts regarding the Joanna
mine, prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren of
Eureka, Nevada, the FOLLOWING, quotation
is made: "The ore was reduced at small
ten stamp water mill at the town Of Ely,
about three miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly constructed and the only appH-
anees for saving gold were copper plates.
Less than one-haif the gold was saved by
this mode of wor king, as was shown by
constant assays Of the tailings. APPROX
mately seven dollars ton was saFed by
this process as shown by the returns bv
Watson under cath 10 the assessor on White
pine county, for III, purpose o. : Tatl"n.
This would give, adding the gold ~ il.
the tailingS an average OF fourteen dollars
a ton 10 the ore worked. The amCuut TAX
en- out in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand collars. ! ne exact
figures are on record in the Office Of the
aesesso~ of White Pine county," Some dis
lance further to the west there is q tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet IN lenPrh that
cross-cuts the ledge. The whole length of
the tunnel is in leage matter. Some time
ago this tunnel was sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler, the average OF the
different samples taken giving 81 ID 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 shoTn more than fifteen thou
sand tons of the average value of So so per
ton The gold is free bnt the clay and
oAlae o. ron deq f snUin I'M tbe cola
The Joanna nine has been unfortunate, 1T
has suffered as many min have before IT.
When he first great strike was mace, anQ
il WIS known that it was mine of unusual
merit, litiPatio Logan which ran through
tho c0Frts Tor term OF several years M
great expense and annoyance to the owner.
Tho property was tled up ahd co'Id iiot Dc
united until the JUDGMENT OF the court Wa.
had. DnriuP this litigation mum fef OF
mining men visited ne Joanna at various
times and made eXamnatlons Q. ne prop
erty. 1t is generally beheVed that the
property met their expectations and was
satisfactory; hEt Inc law sUla9 stood in the
way Ifntl All "Ire Hiau on. i.,tc = nc.
beeu for this uniGr3Gna5c affair i To;la
no doubt. De one o. the ssIEc pfOlIcsfS 9
The day, and the district o. Robinson
would be in qulte q aiiiereAt condition.
The Joana mine IS now the properly OF
Messrs, Hip, wren. Cheney, Saa4eE a2d
Jackson. These gen!tamch own Eumoer
o. mines in the district.
JoANA No .
The property OF Messrs. 0stergard, House.
Lawson, Hip and others, adiOins the 10
ans en- the west. There has been consid-
eraAle work DONE but not sufficient to
develop the value Of the claim. In the
deepest working they have some good ore,
the sauna SO the Joanna in character. Out
of r numte Of tons lnilled from this prop
erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP
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