The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-02-13

Joanna NINE,
Whose rich ore attracted so mi lat
tention about til 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 were made The ledge was stripped
and exposed on the west end of the mine
for O distance Of three hundred feet which
showed the ledge to be very large. One of
the principal openings, the one leading to
what is know as the cave, is reached
through tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point II cave was encountered and
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-fve feet in depth
was sunk. AT the bottom OF the incline
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
| I'VE feet to the east, and also another th1r-
ty-five 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 large amount of drifting
and sinking has been done and quantity
| of good ore was exposed; great many
| tons of ore were milled from this portion
of the mine with fair results. From e
statment of facts regarding the Joanna
mine, prepared by tho Hon. Thos. Wren Of
| Eureka, Nevada, the following. quotation
| is made: 1.-THE ore was reduced at a 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-
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 a ton was saved by
| this process, Us shown by the returns by
Wat md oat Ia In 10 a nT 10
| 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- 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 Il 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 was sampled in sections by
an experienced sampler, the average of the
different samples taken giving a15 in Poid.
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 $l2.50 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 Joana mine has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many MINIS have before It.
When the first great strike was made, and
ii was known that it was mine oil unusual
merit, litigation began which ran through
the courts for q 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 number Of
mining men visited he Joana at various
times and made examinations os the prop
erty. 1t is generally believed TINT The
satisfactory; put the law sui is stood in the
way until all.wcre tired ou'. Had j nc,
been for this unfortunate AFFAIR il ToUiG |
no doubt, be one OF the large producers a.
the day, ana the district of Robinson
would be in quite diiaren. condi Tor.
The Jo8na miDe Is now tue proocT5-- Of
Messrs, HIP, Wren: cheney, Sac}eI AM
JACKSON. These gentlemen own number
Of mines in the district.
Joanna no. ,,
The property Of Messrs. Ostergard, House |
lawson, Hip and others, adjoins the DO |
ana on the west. There has been consid- |
era lie 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 Joana in character. Out |
of number Of tons milled from this prop |
er. 81 per ton in gold was saved.
CHAIRMAN GROUP,
The property of Messrs. Lyons McGiu, |
McOmie and Upderhill is situated on Ault |
man hill, adjoining the Aultman mine on |
the west and the Joanna No. 2 on the south. |
The group is composed of five mines, which |
are the Chairman Chairman Gore, Turkey V |
Southern Cross-ail 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 a point 800 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 distance of 500 feet also, |
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, distance of |
100 feet below the tnnnel or first level |
Thus 1t will be seen the total depth a. this |
point is 227 feet. Going back to point |
where the lateral drift vest leaves the |
tunnel distance of sixty feet TO west in the |
drift crosscut has been made to the south, |
and an opening 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 Sl1 per ton. There is |
an opening to the surface distance of |
something more than 100 feet through the |
Roof OF the Slope, which is in ore all the |
way. On the opposite side OF the drift |
there is a crosscut to the north The dis |
lance taken from the back OF the stope |
and to the end of tt9 crosscut shows the |
ledge to be % feet wide. The ore stope |
extends along the lateral drift to the west, |
distance of fifty feetto another crossout |
to the north, and shows the ledge to be |
twenty-iour feet wide. The crosscut is not |
entirely across the ledge. An average gives |
ST 30 gold per ton. Fifty feet further west |
i'll the lateral drift another another cross |
cut Is made to the north twenty eight feet: |
also to the south 4 distance of eighty feet |
The crOsscut to the south has not extended |