The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-12-14
He1Irsor INNING nIsTREcT
A DnsCRIpsUION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RE&0URsEs.


the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Egan range of mountains, near the
town of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as carly 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-
Aueed 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
She distinct character Of ore found IN
Shis district 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
In silver, lead and very little gold,
while the vein on the south side OF
che canyon contains ore that IS valua-
bio 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
dnilar to those on the south side OF
tho canyon. This is especially true
az the mines located east OF the Great
Western. while those lying further to
che north and higher on the mountain
ara of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the VEN
on the south side of the canyon Is
separated, and forms spur, or at
.his point. becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
Aescril ton it will be well to state that
sire ore zone passes through the DIS
trict In q north westerly and south
sssssr!y direction ana Robinson can
ron cuts through the district IN
soush-easterly course inear the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
thsy were prospecting chiefly for sll-
YER and lead it was discovered that
he lead bullion carried a large
amount OF gold. Upon investigation
~ was found that the
AULTMAN MINB
Was furnishing the greater portion OF
SAis valuable metal. The ore of this
aino was of such character that it
seuld not 90 reduced rapidly, it being
dssomposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which baffied the
most experienced smelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so far as smelling
srs was concerned; they however
worked the property in pursuit of
lead, which was not found in paying
quantities, but they did develop
large vein OF ore carrying gold. The
nins was left in tins condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
.>Omis and others secured lease upon
Ahs mine and worked the property for
. number of years. They construct
cd 4nill of ten stamps capacity and
ysducsd the ore by crushing and pass
lag tho same over copper silyered
plates. The process was Incomplete
aud the loss too great to make it prof
liable. Under this lease they deyel-
spsd lxrge quantities of ore that can
30 made profitable by working on a
iars. scale and with complete mill
ing plant. It would be difficult to
sssinlats the amount Of ore developed
g., +ba A,ltmaD II not bpino sniff