The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-12-19
ROBINSON DISTRICT
4 DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.


Egan range of mountains, near the
swn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as ca as
1869, about the 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
eral. A smelling furnace was erect
ed for the purpose of working the
srss, and considerable of it was re-
Aueed 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-
doned.
From the surface indications and
ths distinct character of ore found in
this district it 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
tho canyon contains ore that is valua-
bic largely in gold and very little
cad 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
SIMILAR to those on the south side of
ths canyon. This is especially true
of tho mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
ths 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 a spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceed ng further i'll this
description it will be well to state that
&e ere zone passes through the dis
triet In north-westerly and south
caste .ly direction ana Robinson can
yon 3 its through the district in a
south easterly course near the middle
Of 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
the lead bullion carried large
amount of gold. Up,n investigation
{; was found that the
AULTMAN MINB
Was furnishing the greater portion of
tal valuable metal. 49, The ore of this
mine was of such character that it
eeuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
dseemposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffled the
nost experienced smelters of the
camp. It was at last concluded to
abandon this mine 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
Omie and others secured a lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
a number of years. They construct
ed 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 a
large scale and with complete mill
ing plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
Ia the Aultman, it not being suffi-
siently blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of $8 per ton in gold. This is the
property of Governor Mckinley, Geo.