The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-08-15

| NN11,so i.l, o,.o Oh cd c,A M l ut
! ~ iiC90 ~ "
+ tentlOn about tt zee years ago. Is
! so,orotad from fine AuItnaa, n
81 y, ,c,
! small pOrphyry dyke. Inc late a.
I p Watson was ihe orioinal locator
~
/ and through his energy the NINE was
! o,,aund and devploned While Mr.
! opNii0N' ''-'
| Watson operated the mine about flfteen
! hundred feot of tunnels drifts and onen-
! ings were made. The ledge was stripped
! and exposed on the west el.d of the mine
/ for g 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 a tunnel sixty feet in length. 1T
w WHIT noint cave was encountered aud
! the ore vein was also reached. From this
! point an iucline forty-hye feet in depth
! was sunk AT the bottom OF the incline a
! drift was driven one hundred and twenty
| FIVE feet TO the east, and also another thi1-
| tv-tiye feet to tho north Several cross- uts
were made al different places, al Of watch
| are in ore Of good Grade To the west Of
| the work in the cave ale other extensive
works. in which large amount of drifting
and hiking has been done and n quantity
! of good ore was exposed 4 ereat many
tons Of ore were milled from this portion
OF the mine with fair results. From
| statmCnt Of facts recording tie Joana
| mine. nrcpared by the Hon Thos Wren OF
Eureka, Nevada, the following quotation
is made: me ore vas feuaeeo hi sl!tli
! ten stamp water mil at tae Town 81 Ely;
about three miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly conSVructeo ana the Only appl-
ances Tor saving gold were copper plates.
Less than one-halI the gold was saved by
| this mode 81 WORKING as was SHOWN by
| constant assays OF me taIliltPs. Appf9s,l-
matelY seven dollars ton was sakea by
this process. IS shown by The returns By
| Watson under OATH 70 tie assessor 81 8Hlte
Pine county, ter the purpose o. s,stioil.
| This would give, &dol3P ne p 20 u
the t1lllngS, an AVERAGE Of !9dFteeis 40 -
Il ton in the ore Wotged. The amount Tx
on out III the iggfegaIe WAS Egaetalng
over fifteen thoi Sa III d0itSfs. lie exact
| figures are on record in the once OF the
| asseSso" o. White Pine county some CTS,
tancr turF her TO the west mere IS Il IuIlnel
one hundred and fifty ieef III leagth that
| crCsS-cuts the ledge. The whole length on
the tunnel IS IN Ledge m91tef some llole
ago this tunnel was sampled II sectiohS by
an experienced sampler, the aYeraFe Of the
differelt samples taken glYlnP ST. III eoIa.
| There have been various estimates OF tae
amount Of ore III SIGHT. 1t would be dlin-
cult indeed Tor all estimates TO be nlaoe
| with any degree OF accuracy. Some, how
ever, have shown more than fifteen thou
sand tons OF the AVERAGE value OF Sl2.50 per
ton. The gold is free but the ciay ana
| oxide of iron require more than the ofdl-
| nary plate process for saving the Poia.
| The Joanna mine has been unfortunate. 1t
has 81 ffared SIS many min have before it.
| il was kaoWn tat it was mine af uhusu1l
merit lit ipatio began which ran through
! the coUrts for term Of several years ~
great Xrense and annoyance 10 the owner.
! Z e property was tiefj up aad eould moi Dc
| united until the INDICTMENT o. the court VA
| nininp man visited the Joana 1T various
| ti1uts and made examinations g the PROV