The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-01-09

on UnaS Is KNOWN as AuatInau AAlA-
just below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north Is the
Joanna NINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so mi at
tention about tt zoe years ago. IS
separated from the Aultman =
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
ings were made. The ledge was stripped
aud exposed on the west end OF the mine
for distance of three hundred feet which
the principal openings. the one leading TO
what is known as the cave, is reached
through tunnel sixty feet IN length. At
which point cave was encountered and
point an iucline forty-five 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 fhlr-
fy-fve feet TO the north. Several cross uts
were made al different places. all Of whieh
are in ore Of good grade. To the west OF
the work in the csye are other extensive
works. in which 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 q
statnent of facts regarding the Joana
mine: prepared blythe Hon. Ihos Wren OF
is made. 1.-THE ore was reduced at q small
ten stampwafer mill At the town of Ely,
about three miles from the mine The mill
is poorly constructed and the only appli-
ances 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
a ton in the ore worked The amount TAX
en- ont 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 tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in length that
cross-cufz the ledge. The whole length Of
the tunnel is in ledge matter. Some time
ago this tunnel was sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler. the ayerage OF the
different samples taken giving y. Is in gold-
There have been various estimates of the
amount OF ore in sight II would he diff
cult indeed for all estimates to be mace
with any degree OF accuracy Some, how
nave
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 Joanna mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min have before IL.
When the first great strike was made, and
il was known that il was mine OF unusual
merit, litigatioa began which ran through
the courts for q term OF several years at
great expense and annoyance 20 the owner.
The property was tiesi up and could not be
united until the JUDGMENT Of the conrf was
had. During this litigation a number oil
niininp men visited he Joanna at various
times and made examinations o. the prop
erfy IL is generally believed that the
PROPERTY Dier their expectations and was
satisfactory; mt tho law suits sfcod N the
way until sllwers tired ou.- Had !. no;
been for this unfortunate ahsir IL xoniu.
M doubt be me o. the large producers Ct
The day. and the district of Robinson
wonld lie in quise different condi io..
The Joanna mine Is now the proper Q.
Mes<-s. Hilp. Wren. Cheney. Sad:ei and
jackson. These gentlemen oHn number
OF mines in the district.
Joanna NO. ?.
The property of Messrs- Disregard. House.
LAWSON. HIP and Others, adjoins the Jo-
ana on the 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 good ore,
of a number OF tons milled from this prop
erty - per ton in gold WAS saved
CHAIRMAN sRouP.
The property OF Messrs. Lyons. McGill,
Mconie and Underhili. is sitnafea on Ault-
man hill, adjoining the Auifman mine on
the west and the Joana No on the south
The groupis com posed of five mines, which
are the Chairman Chairman Gore. Turkey v
Southern Cross-ala adjacent 10 other. The
Development work upon the group Is naost-
Gore mines. The entrance to the mine is
through largo tunnel. which taps the
ledge At a point 500 feet from the mouth OF
the tunnel, and l25 from the surface. At
the point Of intersection made by the tnn-
mel and ledge lateral drift has been run
TO the west q distance Of 500 feet: also, 3
lateral drift has been run TO the east - feet
10 Wine which extends down 70 second
or lower level Of the mine. distance of
100 feet below the tnnnei or first level.
Thus it win be seen the total depth at this
point is 927 feet. Going back TO point
where the Literal drift Sest leaves the
tunnel a distance ofsixts feet to west in the
and an opening to the north at the same
point, which shows the ledge At this point
to lie thirty feet wide Forty feet further
70 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 Si1 per ton There Is
an opening to the surface distance Of
something more than 100 feet through the
reof OF the stope. which is in ore all the
way. On the opposite side Of the drift
lance taken from the back of the sf~pe
| and to the end of Tire eroescut shows the
| ledge 20 be ~ feet vide The ore slope
extends along the lateral drift to the west,
| q distance Of fifty feet 70 a1Ofher crosseuf
/ to the north. and shows the ledge to be
1 fwenty-four feet wide. The croz<cnf Is not