The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-07-06
ROBINSON MIEING DISTRICT
a DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND REsOURGEs.

Robinson Mining District is sit
uated in White Pine county, Nevada,
one hundred and fifty miles south of
he Central Pacific Railroad, in the
4 ran range of mountains, near the
! ,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 discoy-
cry OF the celebrated White Pine
mining district. They were at first
believed to be silver lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
sral. A smelling furnace was erect
al 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 abaD-
dc1ed.
From the surface indications and
the distinct character of ore found In
this district it is the Judgment of many
shat there are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
vein on the nortl, side Of Che 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 yalua-
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
similar to those Oh the south side OF
the 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
are Of the silyer-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
his point, becomes wider and extends
further to the noYSh and beyond the
canyon.
Before procecdNg further in thia
description it will De, well to state that
tho ore zone passes thrnagh the dis
>rict.in n north westerly and south
sasssrly direction and Robinson can
yoni cuts through the district in u
Aouth- easterly course near the middle
Of the Gre zone.
Returning again to the work done
In she early days of the district, while
they were prospecting chiefly for sli
YER and lead it was discovered that
Che lead bullion carried a large
amount of gold. Upon investigation
70 was found that the
AULTMAN M1NR
Was furnishing the greater portion of
lhis valuable metal. The ore of this
nline was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly. it being
dscomposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which, baffled the
most exp erienced 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
s4ine was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Omie and others secured a lease upon
tho 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 the same over copper silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
and the loss too great to make it prof
liable. Under this lease they devel-
oped large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a