The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-07-20
ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT
DEsCHvPTI0N OF IT'S ExFEN 7
AND BE@0URCES.


= 70 Cei4trd Pacific Railroad, in the
3an yaaz9 of mountains, near the
5wn Of Sly, The county scat.
The mines of this district we're,
some Of them, located as early as
1863. about the time Of the discov-
err Of tho celebrated White Pine
mining district They were at first
be}iorel to be silver-lead mines and
ware worked for that kind of min
eral. A smalting furnace was erect
oil fnr the purpose of working the
ores, and considerable of it was re-
daced in that way, but at that early
DAY smelling had not got to that de-
gree of perfection that it has since
attained, and this process was aban-
doned.
EsFrom the surface indications and
the distinct character of ore found IL
this district it is the Judgment OF many
that there are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
vein on the north side of the canyon
contains ore that is valuable largely
In silver, lead and very little gold,
while the vein on the south side OF
the canyon contains ore that IS valua-
bic largely in gold and very little
lead and silver. This is not the case
In each instance as the mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
north side are, some of them, very
s;uilar to those on the south side OF
the canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east OF the Great
Western, while those lying further to
che north and higher on the mountain
are Of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
on the south side of the canyon Is
separated, and forms a spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
sanyon.
Before proceeding further IN this
description it will be well to state taat
Che ore zone passes through the dis
trict in north-westerly and south
&astorly direction and Robinson can
Yon cuts through the district III
south easterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work don.
IN the early days Of the district, Will
Ghsy were prospecting chiefly for ST
YER and lead it was discovered tina
che lead bullion carried a larg'
amount Of geld. Upon investigation
10 was found that the
AULTMAN MINI
Was furnishing the greater portion 0
Ghis valuable metal. The ore of thl
mine was of such character that /
could not be reduced rapidly, it beina
dseomposed quartz, large portion o
which was clay, which baffied thu
most experienced smelters of thu
camp. It was at last concluded tt
abandon this mine SO far as smelling
ere was concerned; they howeve
worked the property in pursuit o
lead, which was not found in paying
eusntities, but they did develop ;
large vein of ore carrying gold. The
aine was left in this condition unit
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Omie and others secured lease upor
the mine and worked the property fol
= number of years. They construct
si = mill of ten stamps capacity anc
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
ing the same over copper-silveret
plates. The process was incomplete
snd the loss too great to make it prof
liable. Under this lease they devel
oped large quantities of ore that cal
be made profitable by working on ;
large scale and with % complete mill
ing plant. 1t would be difficult tx
estimate the amount of ore developed
IL the Aultman, it not being stuff