The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-09-07
ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT
A Desserts rFON or IT'S EXTENT
AND RESoURCEs.


+ gan range of mountains, near the
town 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
eral. 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.
E1From the surface indications end
the distinct character of ore found in
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 CT the Canyon
contains ore that is valuable largely
In silver, lead aud very little gold,
while the vein on the south side Of
the canyon contains ore that is valua-
BILE 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 Oh the
north side are, some of them, very
sin1ilar 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
ore of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or dho vein
on the south side OF the canyon Is
separated, and forms & spur, or at
this point, becomes wider ard extends
further to the north aEd beyoad the
tanyon.
Before proceeding further in This
description it will be well to state that
silo ore zone passes thruagh Che dis
trict IN north-westarly and soa5h-
sasts:.ly direction and Robinson can-
yon cuts through the district in Z
south eaaterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work Core
In the early days OF the district, while
they wore prospecting chiefly for sd
YER and lead it was discovered that
che lead bullion carried large
amount of gold. Upon investigation
% was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion OF
this valuable metal. The ore of this
mine WAS of such character that It
aonld not be reduced rapidly, it being
dvcomposed quartz, large portion o.
which was clay, which baffled 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 ere carrying gold. The
esine was left in this condition until
iea7, when Messrs Underhill, Nc
Onlie and others secured lease upon
shs mine and worked the property Tor
number of years. They construct
id mill Of ten stamps capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same over coppersilvered
plates. The process was incomplete
and the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they deyel-
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 tc
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being sutfi-
GENTLY blocked out, but there are