The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-12-07
Ae1IKsON MINING DISTRICT
DHacR; oTION. OF ira EXTENT
AND REaOUR ciGS.

the Central Pacific Railroad, III the
Exan 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-
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
cd for the purpose of working the
erss. 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 it has since
attained, and this process was aban-
doned.
From the surface indications and
she distinct character of ore found In
slis 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
tho CANYON contains ore that is valula-
bio largely In gold and very little
lead and silver. This is not the case
In eaoh instance as the mines that are
situated next to the canyon ON the
north side are, some of them, very
anilar 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
the north and higher on the mountain
are 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.
Bcfors proceeding further in this
description 1t will be well to state that
che ore zone passes through the dis
srict In north westerly and south
Ass.erly direction ana Robinson can
yon cuts through the district in .
sorth- easterly course near the middle
Of tha ore zone.
Nnturning again to the work done
In ths sarly days of the district, while
Ahey wcro prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead it was discovered that
Ahs lead bullion carried large
amount ct gold. Upon investigation
a. was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion OF
Ahis valuable metal The ore of this
M,ac was Of such character that it
ssuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
aseomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which bafiod the
s,ost experienced smelters of the
camp. It was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so far as smelling
ere was concerned; they however
worked the property i'll pursuit OF
lead, which was not found in paying
quantities, but they did develop a
large vein of ore carrying gold. The
maine was left in this condition until
1877. when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Oalis and others secured lease upon
che mino and worked the property fer
. 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
table. Under this lease they devel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
pc made profitable by working on
large scale and with a complete mill
,ng plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultnan, it not being suffi-
sisntly blocked out, but there are