The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-05-30

just D0lOW ana ADJOINING tho AulC-
man on the north Is the
yoANA NINE,
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 OMEN
ings were made. The ledge was stripped
and exposed on the west end of the mine
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, at
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-five feet in depth
was sunk. At the bottom of the incline a
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
ty-five feet to the north. Several cros,-tnts
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 a large amount of drifting
and sinking has been done and quantity
of gub1 ore WAS exposed. great many
tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results From q
atatment 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
tan stamp water mill at the town of Ely.
a&out three miles from the mine. The mill
iSpoorly constructed and the only appli
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 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
@ ton in the ore worked. The amount TAX
en- out 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
one hundred and fifty feet in length that
cross-cuts the ledge. The whole length of
the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
ago this tunnel was sampled in sections by
different samples taken giving SAL 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 mace
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 bnt the clay and
oxide of iron require more than the Ordi-
nary plate process for saving the gold.
The JOana mine has been unfortunate it
has suffered as many min $ have before it,
When the first great strike was madei and
1t was known that 1t was mine OF unusual
merit, litipatio i began which ran through
tho courts for term of several years at
great expense and annoyance to the owner
The property was tied up and could not be
united until the judPment Of the court was
had. During this litigation number OF
mining inch visited the Joanna at various
erty. 1t Is generally believed that the
property met their expectations and was
satisfactory; but the law suits stood in the
way until all were tired out. Had i: net
been for this unfortunate affair il would
no doubt be one Of the large producers e
the day, and the district of Robinson
would be In quite q different condition.
The Joanna mine Is tow the proper ct
Messrs, Hilp, Wren, Cheney. SatiieI ana
jackson. These gentlemen own number
o. mites in tho district
Joanna RIO. 9,
Lawson, Hip and Others adjOins the Jo-
ana on tho west. There has been consid-
cradle work done, but not sufficient to
develop the value of the claim. In the
deepest working they have some rood ore,
the same az the Joanna in character. Out
of number of tons milled from this prop
erty "a per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property of Messrs Lyons, McGill,
McOmie and Underhill, is situate on Ault-
man hill, adjoining the Aultman tnine on
the west and tie Joanna No. 2 ON the south
The groupis composed of five mines, which
are the Chairman Chairman Gore, Turkey V
Southern CF6ss-4all adjacent to other. The
development work upon the group is most
ly done upon the Chairman and Chairman
Gore mines. The entrance to the mine is
through large tunnel, which taps the
ledge at a point 500 feet from the mouth Of
the tunnel, and 125 from the surface. At
the point of Intersection made by the tun-
mel and ledge h lateral drift has been run
to the west distance of 500 feet; also, a
lateral drift has been run to the east IS feet
to Wine which extends down to a second
or lower level of the mine, distance of
100 feet below the tnnnel or first level.
Thus 1t will be seen the total depth at this
point is OPT feet. Going back to point
where the lateral drift Sest leaves the
tunnel distance OfsiXty feet to west in the
drift 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
stope to the south where some ore has been
and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged 81 per ton. There is
an opening to the surface distance of
1aOiO lOu iCCI IAlOuRu Vic
Io)f Of the stope, which is in ore all the
way. On the opposite side of the drift
there is cfosscut to the north. The dis
lance taken from the back of the stcpe
and to the end of the crosscut shows the
ledge to be ~ feet wide. Tho ore Slope
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
q 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 gives
$6 80 gold per ton: Fifty. feet further west