The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-05-29

! JOANA NINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so MI ! at
tention about Il zee years ago. is
separated from the Aultman n
small porphyIy dyke. The late A.
r. Watson WAC the original locator,
and through his energy the mine was
opened and developed. While MIR.
Watson operated the mine about fifteen
hundred feet OF tunnels drifts aud open
ings were made The ledge was stripped
and exposed on the west cud OF the mine
for distanee Of three hundred feet which
showed the ledge TO be very large. oae OF
the priGcipal 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 ana
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point IN incline fOrly-iiVc feet in depth
was sunk At the bottom Of the incline Il
drift was driyen one hundred and twenty
five feet to the enst, ind also another thir-
ty-fiVc feet To the north. Several cross uts
were made a different places. all Of winch
gre in ore Of good grade. To the west Of
the work ia tie cave crc other extensive
works, III which large amount oil drifting
aud sinking has been done and quantity
of good ore rs exposed. great many
tons OF ore were milled from this portion
Of the mir3 with fair results, From
statnCnt of Facts regarding the JonnA
4.
Eureka Neyada. the following quotation
In made: 1.-THE ore was reduced at small
ten STAMP water mill at the town Of Ely,
about thret miles nom the mine. The mill
Is poorly constructed and the only Hpplt-
anecs ior suvi1@ geld were copper plates.
Less than oue-haf the gold was saved by
this nade OF working, a was shown by
constant ASSAYS OF the tailinps APPROX
mateiy seven dollars Il ton was saved by
this process. rs shown by the returns by
Watson under oath to the assessor OF White
Pine county, Tor The purpose o. taxation.
This would rive, addinp the gold lost III
the iuilinaS, an average ef fourteen dollars
a ton in the ore worked. The amount tax
on cIit iG the aggregate was something
over fifteen thousAnd dollars. tne exact
figures arc ON record in the Office OF the
Il sesso~ Of White Pine county some dis,
lance further 20 the west there is n tunnel
one hundred and ifty feet in leapJh that
crCgs-outs the ledge. Tire whole length o
the tunacl j. IN ledge matter, Some time
ago This tunnel was sampled in sections by
IN experience sampler, tne average Ci the
different saml les taken giving St,15 in rold.
There have zen various estimates o! the
amount OF ore In sirht. II would be dliti-
cult Indeed for all estimates to he }uade
with any degree oi ace urHcY. Some, how
ever. have sto-,N more th&n fifteen thou
sand tons Of the NscInpe value Of $3.50 per
ton The gold is free Lat the clay and
oxide OF iron require more than the GTdi-
t,Nrv nlatc aToooss Tor saving thn reid.
The Joanna mine has been Unfortunate. ii
has suffered as mgay min bAyc before it.
VI hen the frs uroat strike vas made, and
il was llunHu th4l ii Vas mime OF unus1 ll
merit Iittpaiip begun which ran through
the courts ffra term ri several yci1s at
great or ,seusc ana annoyance 90 Tho owner
uroDertv was tied 10 and could Ng= lie
uutieC uatil the iuaPWEut 81 the coitl Z aiS
had. DUr.ru. ms filtration 81 nam Nrf uf
times ard lH6ae eNs"'iT atious o. tn r293
crty. II is geoerallv believed thai The