The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-03-06

Juat below and adjoining the Ault-
man on the north IS tho
JoANA MINE,
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 open
ings we're made. The ledge was stripped
aud exposed on the west end of the mine
for q distance 81 three hundred feet which
showed thr Ledge to be very large. one OF
the principal OPENINGS, the one leading TO
what is known % the cave. is reached
through tunnei sixty feet in length, at
which point II CtEc was encountered ana
the ore vein waa also reHched. From his
point an inc3iun foftY-tiVe feet IL depth
Was sunk. At ihe bottom OF the incline a
drift w.N driven one hundred and twenty
FIVE feet 10 the cast, aud also another thir-
ty.iive feet to the north. Several cross uts
were made III different places. all OF which
are in ore Of coed grade. To the west of
the work in tho cave arc other extensive
works. in which a. lgrse amount of drifting
aud sinking has been done and u quantity
of good ore was exposed. A great many
tons Of ore were milled from this portion
of the minp with fair results, From a
statement OF facts regarding the Joanna
mine. prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren of
Eurcks, Nevada. the folio ving quotation
is made: 1.-THE ore was reduced NJ II small
ten stamp water mill at the tow of Ely,
about three miles from the mine. The mill
il poorly constructed and the only appli-
ances Tor saving cold wera copper plates.
Less than one-h8lf the gold was saved by
this mode oi working, as was shown by
constant assays Of the ~tailinps. APPROX
mntely seven dollars a 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, addinp the gold lost in
the %tailiugs, an average OF fourteen dollars
n ton in the ore worked. The amount TAX
en- out in the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousand dollars. the exact
fcures are CA record ia the office OF the
assesso" OF White Pine county," Some dis
lance further to the west here is u tunnel
one hundred and tfty feet in lengln thar
cross-cuts the ledge. The whole length o
the tunnel j. i'll ledge matter. some time
ago this tunnel vas sampled in sections BY
an experienced sampler, the avera9e OF the
different samples takeu giving fl.la tolH.
There have been v&tiOus estimates Of ths
amount OF ore in sight. 1t would he Diff
cult indeed iur all estimates to he mAdr
with any degree OF 9ccnFNcr. Some, how
ever. have sho,,l more than fifteen fhou-
sard TONS OF the aNVfGite value of $3.50 Ner
ton. The pold is free bat the clay anal
oxide OF iron require more thNn the ordi-
nary uiate ,rortss !ur saving the aold.
The loans mfle has been unsortunste, it
has suffered as imany min $ have before it.
When the first rreut strike was made, lad
il was known trait it %as a mine OF unusual
merit itieatie BEGAN which ran through
the courts for - Term Of several yeHIs at
great experse aud annoyance 20 the owner.
'rra property wVa tied up and could not be
,attat 4attfl e.. ga , mt ~ tim fttTIV NNnE
had. purire this litica ton a number OF
mininy mon Visited Ita IoGun ut various