The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-07-03

Joanna NINE,
( Whose rich ore attracted so mi al
7 tention about IT, zee years ago. is
separated from the Aultnan u
small porphyfy dyke. The late A.
r. Watson was the original locator
and through his energy the mine was
opened and developed. While Dir.
Watson operated the mine about fifteen
| hundred foot Of tnnUels drifts and open-
| iugs were made. The iedse was stripped
and exposed on The west esd OF the mine
| for Ii distance OF three hundred feet which
showed the ledge to be very large. One OF
J the principal OPENINGS, the one leading to
i what is known as the cave, is reached
/ through tunnel sixty feet in length, at
! which point cave was encountered aud
! the ore vein was also reached. From this
point an incline forty-tye feet in depth
| was stink At the bottom OF the incline IL
! drift vas driven one hundred and twenty
| five feet to the cast and also another thir-
| ty-fVe feel t. the north. Several cross uts
| were made iii different places. all of which
are in ore of good grade. TO the west Of
| the work in the cave arc other extensive
works, in which large amount of drifting
and sinking has been done and a quantity
| OF good ore was exposed. great many
tons Of ore were milled from this portion
OF tha mine with fair results. From II
] stat nent of facts reparlinr the Joaua
mine, prepared by the Hon. Ihos Wren Of
! Eureka, Ne aida. the folio ing quotation
| is made: THE ore was reduced al 81 small
! ten stamp water Mill nj the town Of Ely
about three miles from the mine. The mill
| is roorly constructed aud the only uppli-
ances tor saving gold were copper plates
Less than oue-half the gold was saved by
This mode ot working, as was shown by
constant assays OF the taiiinPs. ApproNi-
mately seven dollars II ton was saved by
this process, as shown By the returns bv
Watson under oath 30 the EssessOr Of White
Pine county, fOr the purpose Of taxation.
This would give nddiuP the gold loSt In
the tailngs, au average el fourteen dollHrs
a ton in the ore worked Tho amount tak-
On OH iu the aggregutr WIS something
over fifteen thousand Golisr'. The exact
figures are GA record in the Office OF gle
a-sesso" of White Pine county some dis
lance fur her to the west there IS tunnel
one hundred and iity ieet in leprlh TIA.
cross-cuts the ledge. TIN Who'll length
the tunnel is in ledPe matter. some time
AGO this tunnel was sampled in sections be
nn Experienced sampler, the aEcra"e of be
different samples taken giyi3E S. - Ia cold.
There have been various estimates OF thu
amount OF ore in sight. II would he diff
cplt indeed for vii estimates to he ns'ia
with any degree uf accuracy. some, now
ever. have sko.yn mDrc th9p fifteen thnu-
sand tons OF the AVERAGE value o. Sl2.30 per
ton The gold is free bat tn claE and
oxide Of iron require more than the ofdl-
nary plate process for saving the Fold.
The Joanna mine has been unfortunate, Il
has suffered as many min have before it,
When HE first great strike was made and
ii was known that il was mine OF unusual
merit. litigutio began Wnich ran through
tn courts iur term of several yta}s at
GREAT expense and anuOYgncn te the aWarr.
The property was tied mp and could not lie
united until the lrdPurut oi the eoNrt &f.S
hnd Duriue this lltiratioti NINA atr ul
mininr men visited lie iu4go NJ Harlous
tim, ;. aud lnndc aXArii atoms o. III prop
erty It is ecnarlllr believed That the
property net their expectations and VAS
satisfactory; nut ihS ,4H ti14r.t'p il HI
way until all V 70 re f&. .dNis =
been ion his aI,er..i7.s 'r + &8usq
| ra doubt, &c osipo H. iHt ar"5 r 81
he 6ly, and tn harriet al ..ti,tsa-
| .suu5d ne ia Gui5e fi.Htr=1,t ccai io5.
Tho Jo4nai min = H2~ ~ fa9f
NessFs. Hilp. Mr2a neacH. at#-r. -
Jacl:soa. these gentlemen DER II ~ 81
% mines in lie district.
Joanna 10, .,
Tho property Of Nessr.. @ tergard. uouee.
| ..tNs =, liilp a:.a ethsrs. Galoins the 10
| 6na ii.l me west. V4aEe has been eos id
ey,i l. Wcyk don. hGf not sufficient 10
| aeeclGp TIE v0lnp Of tn claim la the
deepest working they nave some good ore,
the ame is the Joanna in character. cat
| OF q numbar Of cons rillc1 from this prop
erty 81 per ton in gold vas saved.
cHAINMAE GROUP,
Tie property of Messrs Lyons, McGnl.
| McImte aud Uudorhill, Is estimate gu Audit
|
| she west aud the Joanna No. on the south
The Proupis composed OF five mines, which
| are the { hbiumap thllnnau Gore, Turkey y
| Southern Cros'-aI. adjacent to other. The
| deYclopmentWor upon the group is most
| ly done upon u. e ChAiumnn and Chairman
| Gore mines. The entrance 10 the mine is
| through y large tunnel, Rich taps the
| ledge at a UOiut 5OG teet from the mouth OF
| the tunnel, aud l2j from the surface At
| the Point Of intersection made by the tUa-
mel and ledge "a lateral drift has hscn run
| TO the west distance OF 500 feet: also. a
| lateral drift has been run to the east - feet
| to a Wine which extends down to "a second
| or lower level of the mine. distance Of
| 100 feet below the tnnnel OF first level,
! Thus i will he seen the total depth At this
| point is 227 sect. Going back to point
| where the lateral DRIFT Sest leaves the
| tunnel - distance ofsiXty feet to west In the
| DRIFT crosscut has been made o the south,
| and an openius to the north at the same
| poiut, which shows the ledge 1T this point
| to be thirty feet wide. Forty feet further
to the west, in The lateral drift, there is
| stope TO the south where some ore has been
| extracted aud reduced at the thHinmap
mill, which averaged 81 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 Il crosscut to the north. The dis
lance taken from the back OF The st~pe
l'and to the end of tie crosscui shows the
! ledge to be t2 feet wide. The ore stope
! extends along the lateral drift to the west,
a distance OF fifty feet TO another crOsSCut
TO the north, and shows the ledge to be
I twenty-four feet wide The crossoui is not
| entirely across the ledge. An average gives
ST 30 gold per ton. Fifty feet further west
in the lateral drift another another cross
cut is made to the north twenty eight feet.
/ also to the south distance OF eighty feet.
I The crosScut TO the south has not extended
j entirely across the ledge. The average
+ value OF the north croSScut IS SIG por ton
in gold. The avcfaFe in the south crosscnt