The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-12-05
ROBINSON DISTRICT
a DESCRIPTION OF ITS EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.


Rgan range os mountains, near the
>wn of Ely, the county seat
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as ca as
1859, about tho 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
sral. A smelling furnace was erect
"a for the purpose of working the
eYes, and considerable of it was re-
dssed 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 sban-
doned.
From the surface indications and
she distinct character of ore found in
this district 1t 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
cad and silver. This is not the case
Ia 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
she north and higher on the mountain
are of the silver-lead character. 1t
uay be that the gold vein, or the vein
on tho south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms a spur, or at
shis point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be we'll to state that
&s ere zone passes through the dis
trist In a north-w esterly and south
eastsrly direction and Robinson can
Yon cuts through tho district in
ssuth- easterly course near the middle
ef the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
they were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead it was discovered that
Che lead bullion carried a large
amount of gold. Upon investigation
u was found that the
AULTkAN NINE
Was furnishing the greater portion of
this valuable metal. w. The ore of this
mine was of such character that it
eeuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
deeomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baf1ed the
most experienced shelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this miro so far as smelling
ore 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
mine was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Omi0 and others secured lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
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-
sped large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with complete mill
Nag plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being sutfi-
sisntly blocked out, but there are
ke quantities of the average value
per ton in gold. This is the
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