The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-09-12

JuSt OeIoW Snu SuJoInlng the AulG-
man on the north Is the
Joanna MINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so mi ] at
tention about tn 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
and exposed on the west end of the mine
| for q distance of three hundred feet which
showed the ledge to be very large. One of
the principal openings, the one leading to
/ through a tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point cave was encountered and
! the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-tive feet in depth
! was sunk. At the bottom of the incline a
| drift was driven one hundred and twenty
| five feet to the cast, and also another thir
| ty-fiye feet to the north. Several CROSSE uts
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 Il large amount of drifting
| and sinking has been done and a quantity
Of good ore was exposed. great many
| of the mine with fair results From q
statment of facts regarding the Joanna
| NINE prepared by the Hon Thos. Wren of
| Eureka, Nevada, the following quotation
| is made 1.-THE ore was reduced at q 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-
| anees 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 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
lance further to the west there is q tunnel
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 vas 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 diff
cult indeed for 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 bnt the clay and
oxide of iron require more than the ordl-
nary plate process for saving the gold.
The JOana mine has been unfortunate, IL
has suffered as many minss have before it.
When the first great strike was made and
il was known that it was mine of unusual
merit, litigation began Which ran through
the courts for G. term of several years at
great expense and annoyance to the owner.
The property was tied up and could not be
united until the judgment OF the court was
had. During this litigation a number OF
mining men visited the Joanna at various
times and made examinations Of thc prop
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 Il net
been for this unfortunate affair it would.
| no doubt, be one OF the large producers Of
the day, and the district of Robinson
would be in quite different CONDITION.
The Joanna mine is now the proper 81
Messrs, Hip, Wren. Cheney, Sad.et ano
jackson. These gentlemen own number
OF mines in the district.
Joanna NO. 2,
| The property of Messrs. Ostergard, House.
Lawson, Hip and others, adioins the 10
ana on the west There has been copsid-
erabls work done, but not sufficient to
develop the value of the claim. In the
deepest working they have some good ore,
| the same as the Joanna in character. Out
| of number of tous milled from this prop
| erty 81 per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
| The property of Messrs Lyons. McGill,
| McOmie and Underhill, is situated on Ault-
| man hill adjoining the Aultman mine on
| the west and the Joanna No on the south
The group is composed OF five mines which
are the Chairman Chairman Gore, Turkey V
Southern Cross-all 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 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 lateral DRIFT has been run
to the west a distance of 500 feet; also, a
lateral drift has been run to the east rs feet
to a Wine which extends down to a second
or lower level of the mine, q distance of
loo feet below the tnnnel or first level
Thus it will be seen the total depth at this
point is 227 feet. Going back to point
where the lateral drift %est leaves the
tunnel distance of sixty feet to west in the
drift crosscut has been made to the SOUTH
and an openin to the north at the same
point, which shows the ledge at this point
TO be thirty feet wide. Forty feet further
to the west, in the lateral drift, there is a
stope to the south where some ore has been
extracted and reduced at the Chairman
mill, which averaged $11 per ton. There is
an opening to the surface q distance of
something more than 100 feet through the
roof OF the stopc, which is in ore all the
way. On the opposite side OF the drift
there is crosscut to the north. The dis
lance taken from the back OF the stcpe
and to the end of TIE crosScut shows the
ledge to be 40 feet wide. The ore stope
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
a 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
VI 90 gold per ton. Fifty feet further west
in the lateral drift another another cross
cut is made to the north twenty eight feet