The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1895-09-28
ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT
A DRsCRIPTI0H OF IRIS EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.


one hundred and fifty miles south of
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Fgan 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
we're 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.
EaFrom the surface indications and
she 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 OF the 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 valua-
BILE largely in gold and very little
lead and silver. This is not the case
I'm each instance as the mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
north side are, some of them, very
similar 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 silyer-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
on the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms asspar, or at
this point, becomes wider aqasoxtends
further to the north and beyocd the
canyon.
Before proceeding furtber in this
description it will be well to state that
che ore zone passes through the dis
trict in p north westerly and south
saatorly direction and Robinson can
yon cuts through the district in a
south-eastelly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
Ghsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead it was discovered that
che lead bullion carried a large
amount of gold. Upon investigation
10 was found that the
AULTM2N MIMI
Was furnishing the greater portion of
this valuable metal. The ore of this
mine was OK such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly. it being
dscomposed quartz, 4 large portion Of
which was clay, which batiled the
nost experienced smelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine 80 far as smelling
ore was concerned; they however
worked tie property III pursuit of
lead, which was not found i'll paying
quantities, but they did develop a
large VEIN of ore carrying gold. The
mine was left in this condition until
i3N7, when NIessrs Underhill, Nc
Onie 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
table. Under this lease they deyel-
oped large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with complete mill
ing plant. 1t would be difficult to