The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1888-08-11
DISTRICT.
A MAGNIFICENT FIELD OF MINER
AL WEALTH.
Gold, Silver ana Lead-A Ten-nIile
Copper Beit-The County Seat Of
White Pine.

From lengthy and well-written
article Barring few inaccuracies) in
the Sentinel of last Saturday, we con-
dense the following relative to the
most promising mining district in
Eastern Nevada:
Robinsnn District lies little south
of east of and distant about So miles
from the town of Eureka.
Starting from John Ragsdale's house
in Robinson Canyon, about three
miles westerly from Ely, the new
county seat of White Pine county,
this being central point, the district
runs north eight miles to Hercules
Gap, south eight miles to Sawmill
Canyon, east eight miles to the sum-
init of the Shell Creek range of noun
tains, crossing Steptoe Valley; thence
along the summit of the Shell Greek
range north 16 miles, thence back
across Steptoe valley to Hercules Gap
thence west 10 miles to the old sum-
nit station directly on the road be-
tween Hamilton and Ely; thence south
16 miles, and thence easterly about
eight miles to Sawmill Canyon.
The first mining locations were
made during the year of 1864, and in
1869 the district was organized and
its boundaries were established by
the Mineral City Company, composed
of John N. Hicks, \. NJ. Crow, George
Lamb, Sam Brannan and others, who,
in the Spring of that year, bought of
Messrs. Pine, Robinson (after whom
the district was named), John Mccain,
Robert Frazer, Andy Moran and
others, all of the water rights. mines
and locations that were owned at that
time, paying a comparatively small
sum for them. The company ran
about six months, undertaking more
than they were able to do, and Bran
nan being the only man among them
that had much money, he did not care
to put up for his colleagues; but they
laid out the town site of Mineral City
half mile in length, in the canyon,
about where John Ragsdale's house
now stands. They also built a toll
road and paid all the bills that they
contracted during a period of six
months. The district crossing Step
toe valley takes in Murray Creek, aud
Steptoe Creek, including the ranches
of Messrs. Comins, Mosher, Tucker
and Jake Shclleubarger, besides a
large area of magnificent farming and
mining country.
THE COUNTY SEAT
OF White Pine county was removed
from Hamilton to Ely last Fall. and
the town although small ut present, is
growing finely. 1t is situated on Muir
ray Creek "a stream of about 1900
miners inches of water, which flows
from "a spring mt far distant directly
on the stage road between Eureka AM
Taylor. lis present population, which
is steadily increasing, numbers about
600 Besides a county courthouse
which is situated about quarter of IA
mile below the town, it contains
Jail, hospital and public schoolhouse,
also two stores, one Of which does a
business of $4,000 per month; one
hotel and saloon, two other saloons,
three feed stables, one lodging-house
aud one butcher shop.
AQUARTz MILL,
Owned by Messrs. w. G.. Lyons, w.
n. McGill, Arthur Underhill and
James McOmie, is situated on Murray
Creek, within the town limits of Ely.
These gentlemen are running their
mill on gold bearing rock from the
Altman mine, which they have leased
from the Canton Company of Ohio for
term of six years, working profitably
and paying their bills regularly on
the LIST of every month.
Messrs. Reynolds 81 Featherstone
are the fortunate owners of the Key
stone mine, which combines three To-
cations; each 800 feet in width and
1900 feet in length. These claims are
situated end to end, occupy 1900 lin
ear feet on a mineral belt of limestone,
and are known as the Keystone, Allie
CLANCY and East Keystone. The
principal work has been done on the
keystone, and consists of about a
dozen openings sunk through the cap
rock. The ore has formed in blanket
deposits from two and half to five
feet thick, and in no place has the
hanging wall been found more than
six feet below the surface. In one
place the ore shows a tendency to dip