The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-07-25
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCEs.


ggan range Of mountains, near the
swn Of. Ely, the comfy seat. -
The mines Of this district we're,
ONE of them, located as ca as
1862, about the time of the discov-
cry Of the celebrated White Pine
paiulng district. They wero at first
EeeIisvsd to be silverlSad: mines and
vssyc worked for that kind of min
srAl.... A smelling furnace WAS erect
ed for Che purpose Of working the
sPss, and considerable of it was re-
lsssd In that way, but at that early
AAy 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
ths distinct character of ore found III
shis district 1t is the Judgment of many
khattherc 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 sideiof
the canyon contains ore that is valua-
BILE largely In gold and very little
I cad and silver. This Is not the case
In each instance A. tho mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
north side are, some of them, very
dmailar to those on the south side of
shs canyon. This Is especially true
IF the mines located east OF the Great
Western, while those lying further to
che north and higher on the mountain
are Of the silvor-lead character. It
tAay be that tho gold vein, or the vein
On the south siie 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
As ere xonc passes through the dis
trist In . north westerly and south
sAsssrly direction ana Robinson can
zen cuts through the district in a
seuth-sasterly course near the middle
81 ths ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In ths early days of the district, while
AAsy we're prospecting chiefly =. for sill
YER and lead 1t was discovered that
Ae lead oullion carried a large
sMsunt Of gold. Up,n investigation
60 was found that the
AULTNAN MIMI
Wss furnishing the greater portion of
Shis valuable metal. We ~. The ore of this
21h0 WAS VI suCik CIldTACUCE OlldL III
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
desomposed quartz, large portion of
wAich WAS clay, which baffied the
most experienced shelters of the
camp. Il was at last concluded to
abandon this mine 80 far as smelling
ore was conserved; they however
worked tho property in pursuit of
lead, which was not found in paying
quantities, but they did develop
large vein Of orc carrying gold. The
nains was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onais and others secured a lease upon
che nins and worked the property for
. number Of years. They construct
ed nill OF ten stamps capacity and
rsdResd 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
itabls. Under this lease they devel-
oped large quantities Of ore that can
BE made profitable by working on
large scale and with complete mill
mg plarrs. 1t would be difficult to
ssxmats the amount of ore developed
m the Aultman, it not being Euffi-
dsntIy blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of % per ton IN gold. This is the