The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-01-11
ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT
DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Ezan range of mountains, near the
tDwn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district were,
some of them, located as early as
1859, about the time of the discov-
erv 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
ed for the purpose of working the
eyes, 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-
Aoned.
FkFrom the surface indications and
the distinct character of ore found In
this district 1t Is the judgment of many
Shat. There are two orc 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,
white the vein on the south side OF
che canyon contains ore that is valua-
BE largely In gold and very little
lead and silver. This is not the case
In each 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
She canyon. This is especially true
ct the mines located.east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
che 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
shis point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description 1t will be well to state that
sAs orc zone passes through the dis
trist In a north westerly and south
sastsrly direction ana Robinson cam
yon cuts through the district in a
south eas.erly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In She early days of the district, while
Ahsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead it was discovered that
che lead bullion carried large
sHsunt of gold. Upon investigation
% was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion OF
ellis valuable metal. The ore of this
sains was of such character that it
ssuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
lseomposed quartz, large portion OF
which was clay, which baffled the
anost experienced smelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so 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 a
large vein of ore carrying gold. The
mine was left in this condition until
1sa7, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onis and others secured lease upon
tAs mine and worked the property for
. Aumber of years. They construct
"a mill of ten stamps capacity and
esduesd the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same over copper-silyered
plates. The process was incomplete
aid the loss too great to make it prof
liable. Under this lease they devel-
sDsd large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with complete mill
iag plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
IN the Aultman, it not being suffi-
siently blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of - per ton in gold. This is the
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