The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-05-16
aegINsOH DISTRICT
4 DnsOnTPTTON OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.


enc hundred and fifty miles south of
tAs Central Pacific Railroad, in the
BgAn range of mountains, near the
,swn of..Ely, the county seat.
The mines Of this district were,
soms Of them, located 81 ca as
1859, about the time of the discov-
cry Of the celebrated White Pine
aintng district They wore at first
Believed to be silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
srsl. A smelling furnace was erect
I'd for the purpose Of working the
ssss, and considerable Of 1t was re-
isssd In that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree Of perfection that 1t has since
Attained, and this process was aban-
aoued.
I From the surface indications and
She distinct character Of ore found in
shis 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 IL valuable largely
In silver, lead and very little gold,
while the vein on the south side of
She canyon contains ore that is valua-
bic largely In gold and very little
lead and silver. This Is not tho 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
Me canyon. This Is especially true
Of the mines located east Of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
Ahs north and higher ON the mountain
are of the silver-lead character. It
snay DO that tho gold vein, or the vein
sn tho south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms a spur, or at
shis point, becomes wider and extends
farther to tho north and beyond the
saayon.
Before proceeding further In this
description 1t will be well to state that
As ere zone passes through the dis
Nrist In q north westerly and south
sAstsrly direction ana Robinson can
gen cuts through tho district in
sssth- sasterly course near the middle
81 The ore xone.
Returning again to the work done
iA che early days of the district, while
aAsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
vsy and lead 1t was discovered that
eAs lead bullion carried q large
sAsunt Of gold. Up,n investigation
90 vas found that the
AULTNAN NINE
Wss furnishing tho greater portion of
tAk valuable metal. =. The ore of this
Aine was Of such character that it
esuld not be reduced rapidly, 1t being
dssomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffied the
most experienced shelters of the
camp. It 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
Ains was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onis and others secured lease upon
ths mine and worked the property for
. number Of years. They construct
% mill of ten stamps capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
end 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
sng plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being suffi-