The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-09-19
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A DESCRIPTION OF ITS ExTENT
AND RE@OURCES.

enc hundred and fifty miles south of
ths Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Hxan range of mountains, near the
,wn of /. Ely, the county seat.
The mines Of this district were,
some of them, located A. ca AZ
1889. about the time of the discov-
srv Of the celebrated White Pine
aiming 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
syss, and considerable of It was re-
Aussd In that way, but ct that early
DAY smelling had not got to that de-
gree of perfection that it has since
attained, and this process was aban
Aonsd.
From the surface indications and
she distinct character of ore found in
shis district 1t is the Judgment of many
shasIthere 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 tho south sideaof
she canyon contains ore that is valua-
BILE largely In gold and very little
cad and silver. This is not tho case
In each instance az the mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
north side are, some of them, very
drailar to those on the south side of
lhe canyon. This ID especially true
Of she mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
The north and higher on the mountain
are of the silvsr-lead character. It
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
IN 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.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be well to state that
he ere zone passes through the dis
sriet In q north ucsterly and south
sastsrly direction ana Robinson can
ton cuts through the district in a
seath-easterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
shsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead 1t was discovered that
che lead bullion carried large
snsunt Of gold. Upon investigation
q was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
WAs furnishing the greater portion of
sAis valuable metal. w. The ore of this
maine was Of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
dssomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baff1ed the
most experienced smelters of the
camp. It was at last concluded to
abandon this mine 20 far as smelling
ere 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
mias was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onis and others secured lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
Q number of years. They construct
cd 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
large scale and with complete mill
Ng plant. It would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being sufi-
sisntly blocked out, but there are
kxA~A r,apt;f;as of tl,a ovocooo ,xol,,o