The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-07-24

Whose rich ore attracted so mi at
tention about t. zee years ago. is
separated from the Aultnan 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 truntla. drifH and opea-
ings we're made. The ledge vas stripped
and eTposed on the vest end Of the mine
fer distenee of three hundred feet which
showed the ledge to be very iafEa. one OF
the principal Opcuiugs. t's one leading 10
Mliat is known as the cave, IS reached
through u tunnel sixty feet IN length, At
which point Il cave WAS encountered and
the ore vein was also reached, From this
point au incline fOrtH-ilTe feet IA depth
was sunk. 81 the bottom OF the incline
drft was driven one hundred and twenty
FIVE feet to the east. aud also ano her thir-
ty-iye feet To The north. Several cross uts
were made nj different placed. al Of Wuich
are in orc Of good grade. To the west 0i
Che work in the cave are other extensive
works. in which large amount ai agl p ing
and ST king has been done and a quao its
OF eood ore was exposed. a great many
tons Of ore were milltd from this portion
OF The mine with fair results. From
statnent of facts recording The JOlna
mine. prepared by the Hon. Tbos Wren OF
Eureks, Nevada, the following quotation
is made: 1.-THE ore was reduced at q small
ten stamp water mill At the Town of tly
about three miles from the mine. The mill
is pOOrlV constructed and the only Nppl
anccs for saving gold were copper plates
Les ,hau oue-half the gold was saved hH
this mode Of working, as was shown by
cens ant assays Of the taiiinps Appro s5-
mately seven dollars a ton wa saTed N
this process, as shown by the returns BIZ
Watson under oath ta The assessor cf White
Pine county for The, purpose Of taxation,
This would give, adding the gold loet in
the tuilines an average Of fourteen dnIlsrs
ton in the ore worked. The amount toE-
en- out in The aEEfa9Hfa was sa.aetnlh=
over fifteen thousand collars. Inc eEHni
figures are on record in the office OF tie
assessor OF white Pine county, Some dis=
tence further 20 tllc west there is tunnel
one hundred ana hitN leet i'm len"th t1a
crdss-cuts the ledge The whole LENGTH o
the tunncj is i'm ledge matter. Same tima
AGO this tunnel was sampled in section by
au experienced pier, the NFerlFa pf t1e
different samples !akeu CAV i1r @lf3 tfi "ol1
There have heen yfrious estimates o. ,oa
pfoount of ore in si4hf. Il would be dir
cult indeed for all estimates 10 he n.a3a
with any degree OF accuracy. Some how
ever. hayo shoTa more thun fifteen t1on
sand tons OF the AVERAGE FBlNeet $3.50 per
ton The cold is FREQ buJ the riay lHa
oxide OF iron require more tbau ne ordi
nary plata ttoeeSs Tor eaFinr h. aeid
The Joanna mine nus heen unfortunate, il
h 5 sUlf5 rcd a. mAnF min have before H.
Whom the !i1st greal strike WIS made, and
il was EuoWa that il wss a miua eff unusual
merit, lil'FadoI began which ra t}roaen
tbs courts for g term of several rears II
great expense and anaaYancc 10 taa "rer
TIE property W2s tied ZIP a@u cont 2o5 he
uutiel uu.il the iuGraent OF he eaHrt was
hao. DuiIHr THE ltsIH4Jion aHz.a.l.r1 ef
rlini1s IaeilF sized iH iuaua at various
sia,esGu3 Meaa rN ,4sifat!pl o haVrun-
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