The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-11-21
Dsut 1te tons Of thls ore Il esE
npoa the dump Of the mine

uPoA the dump Of the mine
mstes show thousand tons In sight.
Passing along the ledge to theWost I'D
merous locations ate seen. The Blackstone
Ohio and UniohI carrying gold, silver ana
lead, are the property Of Governor McKia.
and expose considerable ore.
North OF the last ,nsmed mines ere TIE
Zip Van Wrinkle And Edna, owned hy
Aessrs. Simpson, Lyons and McOmie. Those
them, the greatest depth attained being q
feet. The Rip Van Wrinkle ore carries rold
end silver about equal. The Edna ore aol
says from 26 to $50 in free gold.
and the Gold Bug. The latter IL owned by
Nessrs. Weber and Ostsrgard, In which
quite body Of $40 ore is found.
West OF the Ohio Is the Great western the
The, works aggregate 40 feet and some
good ore is exposed.
West Of the Great Western lies the Com.
modore, Issaes. Hicks, Eliza, Bullion and
Kinley and others. These mines Wefe Iii
worked in early days and produced most OF
the bullion ct that time. The ore was SIS
yer, gold and lead,
Crossing Robinson canyon again to the
south are number Of mines located upon
high mountain lying between Robinson
canyon and large canyon coming into
Robinson canyon from the south, known -
are found the Hidden Treasure, belonging
to Mcdonald and Cupid; the Ontario. P6inf
Sheba and Chief, belonging to Messrs. Hip.
wren ana others, and some locations be.
longing to John Farrell. There has been 8
large amount of work done upon this
mountain and several shipments OF ore
have been extracted. The ore 10 silver, gold
West from this mountain about two miles
distant is the property of Messrs Jackson
and Kind of Eureka, known as the Ksv
stone, from which large quantity of ore
has been extracted and reduced. mum
Der OF shipments were sent to the Eureka
furnaces for treatment which yielded shout
two hund led dollars per ton in siiysr
There was also lot of this ore reduced
the Monitor mill, Steptoe creek, aud TN
other lot was reduced at the Chainman mill
Afterward the parties owning the property
erected a mill at the mine and reduce
some OF the ore: The process they employee 4
was the lixiyatton process to which the ore
readily yielded. The mine is still in rood
condition to produce. Owing to the pros.
ent low price of silver the owners deem
best to await change.
In addition to the lode claims there Ars
within the limits Of the District
PLACKR MINIS
About one-fourth of Is mile from the town
OF Ely In the mouth Of Robinson canyon
me Robinson canyon Consolidated Mining
Company has located about 10, 600 feet O
ground extending up the canyon to poin
above the Joanna mine, which is located an
placer ground. The pro perty is worked
rock is found at an averaee depth of sew.
enty feet. On the bed rock from two to-
eight feet OF gravel is iOurd which cnrriSa
gold. 1t Is coarse sNd easily saved in a.
ordinary slulce box, which method is used
by the Company i'll tl1e spring OF thu year,
wnen there il surface wster running dow
the canyon. several runs have been mA.N
10 this way: The Company is now arrAng
lhg W put III dry separaGJfi. when they ~x.
pet me property VIII he made pay. =
The Maud s. placer claim ndjuins the
property last described, and extends ny the
cnn:ou and includes twenty aeres wftbin
- boundaries. 1t IN owned by j. B. VIII
Hanson and in all respects IL like tile prop
eerty OF ne Robinson Canyon Consolidated
Flaccr Mining Company.
Ii VIII he seen from the above description
that the mineral belt extends from Sire aay
Day mine on The southeast end to- me
mines ut West Camp on the northwest enl,
covering distance OF about eight miles In
leugth. The width of the belt varies sotne.
At places it is fully mile wide, and at no
place Is 1t less than half mile Mineral
can be found on all PORTIONS of the belt
There are many locations in the distinct
that nave not been mentioned in this srti
Gle. However sufficient number mas
been, to give the reader a general ideS ~
its magnitude.
Nature has done her part for the sue"ess
OF tile camp. The ore is very soft mo- OF
it can be mined without Blasting, THEREBY
saving great expense. There are ntl.aer-
GUS springs in the district that can be usel
ut the mines. and at the town of Ely there
is a large stream of pure water that is not
enected by frost or by hot and dry season.
The hills are covered with an abundance -
timber, suitable for mining and fuel Coco
wagon roads are built to all portions OF thu
district and al the mine. are easy OF ne
cess. All that is required for live aud
vests will reap the reward.