The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-04-03

JotSA N1SE.
Whose rich ore attracted SO mt at
tention about I'll ee years ago. is
SEPARATED from the Aultnau a
smell porpdgry dyke. The late A.
r. Watson was tie original locator,
and through his energy the mine was
opened and developed. While MIR.
Watson operated the mine about fifteen
! hundred feet af tunnels, drifts and open
ings were 1nude. The ledge was stripped
and exposed on the west ehd of the mine
for Il distance of three hundred feet which
| showed the ledge to be very large, one of
! the principal OPENINGS, the one leading 10
/ what Is known AZ the cave, is reached
| through Il tunnel sixty feet in length, NJ
which point eve was encountered SI3
| The ere vein Nas also reached. From TINS
| point Nh ineliHe forty-live feet in depth
was SINK. A. the bottom of the incline 81
| drift w. driven one hundred and twenty
five feet TO the cast, aud also another thlt-
| ty-llye feet 10 the north. several crosse utS
were made II different Dlucet. all Of which
are in ore ol seod grade. To the west OF
| the york in the cave are other extensive
works, in which n large amount OF drifting
and sinking aas been done. ana a quantity
OF coed ore WIS exposed. A great many
| tons OF ore were milled from this norton
Of the mine With fair results. From ii
statlcnt Of facts REGARDING the lo2ua
mine. prepared bE the Hon. ThOs. Wren Of
Eureka, Netada, the following quotation
is made. The ore was reduced at Il small
ten stamp water mill at the town OF Ely,
about three mics from the mine. The mill
is nparIv constructed aud the only appli-
ances for soqing gold we're copper plates.
less hun one-halG the gold was saved by
this mode nj working, as was shown by
constant assays Of the tailinps. APPROX
waHftV seven dollars q ton was saved by
tl,f. YT3IgrsZ sc abnNru- nv i1n vgtUVng nv
Watson under oath TO the assessor Of White
Pine county, for the purpose OF taxation.
This would rive, adding The gold lost ia
the |tailibgs, m average al fourteen dollars
"a tom in Tire ore worked. The HIncunt tax
On ont in de aggregate was something
Over fifteen thousand dollars. The exact
figures are ON record in The Office OF the
assrsso~ OF White Pine county" Some dis
tancn further to the west there is a tunnel
one hundred and fifty feet in lenglh tina,
cfpsq-elitf The ledge. HhC whole length o
the tunnel Is in ledPe matter. Some time
ago this tunnel WINS sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler, the average Of the
difiere4 It samples taken giving Si15 IN Pold.
There hive Heen various estimates Of the
amount al ere in sieht, 1t Nould be dltl-
cult indeed Tor all esttmHteS 60 he mace
with any deerae o. accuracy. Some, how
ever, have sho.fa more than fifteen thou
sand tons OF the aYeraPe value OF $3.50 per
ton. The gold Is free but The clay and
oxide of iron require more than the ordi-
marx ffa-e ,roeess for saving the gold.
The iaaea miue has been unfortunate II
has suffered Is many min S have before it.
When tn" bfst Gfea, sifiht was iiAb'' quo
IL was known int IL #Ns p NINE OF u usual
hit'll, At#E5ttn Hesah ".i!ea r6il .nrVub
the ceuEts for q term ri several wears at
prnst expense mud annoyance 80 the owner.
Tee nrorrftN tlea up ala c"idH nov ne
NlllIed ullll IA a4aF4 irAt on vic 'V''I 0'
hat. hlfllif mi lA'.tlpl " Hn'1I,F "l
Wiu1u" i4a7 S5sltea i' loHnf a. Ndfiflt@
/ ff.ltc" aud I1EIF tnNHnltI n'lpuN a. fNH NrE'F-
crty II Is geeefbiIy renewed IlHJ IN
ptepeffF iaef lhe1f expectations ara was
sAlisiaelot$ ,'il ltte CIV 'Ut "'H' "a
way Gp1'l AT NefF Hle" "'t''. iNl' '
been - this nHhf'H&& #h"if ""N'"
n0 de ht, II orc @. the 'se Ifo lhN
The de-, nHa ~ iE scr "' L.hi
would u in qa.1 e .i' '" tcAIi $685.
lhe doans 'ni'" , a"N ~ .i' r
NtssHs. ss.lG, "a ~ H. 'H
Jackson. tee2 !H'i'i OWL " u iinici
Il lullea IL ne aisif.ef.
3o4s.R so. -.
iAe property OF Msf'ts. Nst@r'arI, ltouse.
Lawson, luz aad ot1eI; Sd}'i'ft Tar n
N13 ON Tx @fSf. iheit ans hprn 'ohs'l-
4 rfHHle Wort done, BAT NOT '' 'irt uI 10
c'5elaa lite faIne Of the rI9''n. Ia tls
YET Mef sing they nave some good orr,
t9H iHiAe II, IN 5otna n ,rAaHActcr' Ont
of - NeiIgher Of toIi3 mtled from this PROF.
cfty 81 per teh Ii sold WIS saved.
I+.4.., cpo,u
The 0rnrprHv uf Nessrs. LYONS. McGil1.
Nroriia and i.narrhll. is ~sit9GteI On Anit''
man hin. 4dfsipfng the Aultmgn mine on
! The west and inc ,Ieana No. . on the south
The HrHnpis camnasad of five mines. which
are the Ghqiuman Chairman Gore Turkey Y
| southern Grass-a6 adinpentto other. The
d~evelopment werk mon the grouni qmost-
~ done upon the chairman and chairman
| Gore mines. The entranrc to he mine is
through , large q tunnel , n which taps ihe
| the tunnel. mud ia from t,e surface II
| the poipt Of intersection mnde by The Inn