The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-09-12
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A DESCRIPTION OF ITS EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

ono hundred and fifty miles south of
tho Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Rsan range of mountains, near the
swn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district were,
some of them, located as ca az
1889. about the timc of the discov-
err Of the celebrated White Pine
aiming 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
% for the purpose of working the
sYss, 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-
aoned.
From the surface indications and
che 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
the CANYON contains ore that is valua-
BILE largely in gold and very little
cad and silver This is not the case
Ia 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
shs canyon. This is especially true
of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
The north and higher on the mountain
are of the silvsr-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
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
he GRE zone passes through the dis
Ariet la north westerly and south
aastsrly direction and Robinson can
yon cuts through the district in 8
south-easterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
shey were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead 1t was discovered that
the lead bullion carried large
amount of gold. Upon investigation
A was found that the
AULTMAN MIMI
Was furnishing the greater portion Of
Mis- valuable metal. ' ~~ The ore of this
Minc was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
dssomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baff1ed the
most experienced smelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so far as smelling
ore 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
mips was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Omis and others secured lease upon
Che mine and worked the property for
number of years. They construct
I'd 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
table. Under this lease they devel-
oped large quantities of ore that can
De made profitable by working on
large scale and with q complete mill
Mg plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being suffi-
slsntly blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value