The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-11-30
MORRISON E1r1No DIeTa1oT
A DRscay ersoN or rrs EXTENT
ANu Rhs-tsUe tGES.

Exan range of mountains, near the
t,wn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as early as
1869, about the time of the discov-
cry 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
cd for the purpose of working the
ores, and considerable OF it was re-
dueed In that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree of perfection that 1t has since
attained. and this process was aban-
Aoned.
From the surface Indications and
Che distinct character Of ore found III
this district it Is the Judgment of many
chat there are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
vein on the north side of the canyon
contains orc that is valuable largely
In silver, lead and very little gold,
while the vein on the south side of
tho canyon contains ore that is valua-
Bile largely In gold and very little
lead and silver. This Ii 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
dmilar to those on the south side of
ths canyon. This Is especially true
Of the mines located east Of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
the north and higher.on the mountain
ere 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 spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be well to state that
che ore zone passes through the dis
sriot In "a north-westerly and south
sastsrly direction ana Robinson can
yor cuts through the district IL 2
south-esste7ly course near the middle
Of she ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the asrly days of the district, while
ahoy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead it was discovered that
Ahs lend ballion carried 8 large
amount OF gold. Upon investigation
~ was found thst the
AULTMAN NINA
Was furnishing the greater portion of
this valuable metal. The ore of this
sa,re was Of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
dscomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which balled the
Most experienced smelters of the
camp. 1t WAS at last concluded to
abandon this nlino so far as smelling
ere was concerned; they however
worked the property in pursuit of
lead, which was not found in paying
quantities, bnt they did develop a
large VEN OF ore carrying gold. The
Mine was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Omis and others secured lease upon
che mine aud worked the property for
. number of years. They construct
cd mill of ten stamps capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
ing the same over coppcr-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
and the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they deyel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on
large scale and with a complete mill
ing plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
III the Aultnlan, it not being sufli-
eisntly blocked out, but there are
large quantities q the average value
81 So per ton in gol2. This is the