The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-06-08
ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT
A pEkCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

the Central PACING hallfoad, Ill the
Exan range of mountains, near the
own of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district were,
some of them, located as early as
1859, about the time of the discov-
ery of the celebrated White Pine
mining district. They were at first
believed to be silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
sral. A smelling furnace was erect
ed for the purpose of working the
ores, and considerable of it was re-
duced 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.
From the surface indications and
the distinct character of ore found III
this let it is the Judgment of many
shat 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
I'm silver, lead and very little gold,
while the vein on the south side Of
the canyon contains ore that Is yalaa-
BILE largely in gold and very little
lead and silver. This is not the case
In each instance as tho mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
north side are, some of them, very
stmilar to those on the south side OF
the canyon. This is especially true
of the mines located east of Tire Great
Western, while those lying further to
che north and higher ON the mountain
are of the silyer-lead character. Il
may be that the gold vein, or Tie Vein
ON the south side of tho canyon is
separated, and forms ? spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to tic north and beyond Tie
canyon.
Before proceeding fur.hcr 10 tl4is
description it will be well to state tha5
the ore zone passes through the dis
trict in north westerly and south
sasterly direction ana Robinson can
yon cuts through the district IN q
south easterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
they were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead it was discovered that
che lead bullion carried a large
anount of gold. Upon investigation
% was found that tho
AULTMAN EIFB
Was furnishing the greater portion OF
this valuable metal. The ore of this
mino was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
dscomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which bafiled the
most experienced smelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so far as smelling
ore was concerned; they however
worked the property in pursuit of
lead, which was not found in paying
quantities, but they did develop a
large vein of ore carrying gold. The
mine was left in this condition until
iSa7, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Omie and others secured lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
. number of years. They construct
ed mill of ten stamps capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
ing tho same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
and the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
oped large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with a complete mill
ing plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being suffi-
cient,y blocked out, but there are