The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-04-17

Whose rich ore attracted so mi at
tention about Il. 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 vas
opened and developed. While Mr..
Watson operated the mine about fifteen
hundred feat of tunnels, drifts and OPEN
ings were made. The ledge was stripped
and exposed on the west end of the mine
Tor a distance of three hundred feet which
showed the ledge to be very large. one OF
the principal openings, the one leading to
what is known as the cave, is reached
through a tunnel sixty feet in length, at
which point a cave was ana
the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-tive feet in depth
was sunk. A. the bottom OF the incline a
drift was driven one hundred and twenty
five feet to me east, and also another thlr-
ty-ive feet to the north. Several cross uts
were made Mt different places, all Of watch
are in ore Of good grade. To the west OF
the work in the cave are other extensive
works, in which a large amount of drifting
and sinking has been done and Il quantity
of good ore YVES exposed. A great many
tons Of ore were milled from this portion
OF the mine With fair results. From a
statement OF fdris regarding the Joanna
mine, prepared by the Hon. Thos. Wren OF
Eureka, Neyuda, the following quotation
Is maze: "The ore was reduced at Il small
ten stamp water mil at the toW OF Ely,
about three miles from the mine. The mill
is poorly constructed and the only appli-
ances Tor saving gold were copper plates.
Less than one-half the gold was saved by
this mode OF working, us was shown by
constant assay OF the t%ailinPs. APPROX
mAtelV seven dollars a ton was saved by
this process, as shown by the returns by
Watson under oath TO the assessor Of White
Pine county, for the purpose OF taxation.
This would give, adding the gold iost IN
| the tNilings, an average 81 fourteen dollars
Il ton in the ore worked. The amount Tux
en- oat ia the aggregate WAS something
over fifteen thousand dollars. The exact
figures are on record in the Office OF the
pysasso" Of White Pine county," Some dis
lance further to the west there is a tunnel
one hundred and dfty feet in leupth tina,
erCsS-rutG tho ledge. The whole length q
the tunnel j. in lcGFe matter. Some time
ago this tunnel wa, san plod in sections by
| an experienced sampler, the average Of the
differeat Samples taken giving f4,lJ il pold.
There have lcen various estimates OF the
amount OF ore in sight. 1t would be diff
cult indeed fof all estimates to be maze
with any deer g Of accuracy. Some, how
ever, have sho,sn more than fifteen thoU-
sand tons OF the GVcraPe Nalie OF 500 per
ton. The pcld IS lree Int the clay and
oxide OF iron require more than the ordi-
nary plate ,rc,egs Ter saving the pola.
The Joaap miYc has been unfortunate, it
has suffered as many min 5 iiave before II:
When die first greet STRIKE N3S mace, anu
il was known ti'Nt ii was a mine OF u1iusllal
merit, lit.rAtio BEGAN wl'ich ran through
the courts for Term of several Eeats NJ
great expense and annoyance 20 the owner,
Tire property was tied IN aad coulf not be
united until tnf judgment 81 the court was
had. puriUP his litipation number oi
mining m-n visited ne Joanna at various
dimes aud matte examinations o: th pruu-
crty. u is generally believed that fh7
prorgrt mct thcir expectations aud MS
| satit!ac nry: rut iae law mi stood il tjit