The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-09-05
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A DkSCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT'
AND RESOURCES.

ono hundred a]G nfCy miles Soutl oI
thc Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Fgan range of mountains, near the
,wn of Ely, the county seat
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as en- as
1853, about tho time of the discov-
err of the celebrated White Pine
Miaing district. They were at first
believed to he si1ver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
Arsl. A smelling furnace was erect
ID for tls purpose of working the
eres, and considerable of it was re-
Auesd 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-
Acned.
From the surface indications and
The distinct character of ore found IN
CHS district it is the Judgment of many
that there are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
vsin on the north side or the canyon
contains ore that is valuable largely
in silver, lead and very little gold,
while the vein on the south sidetof
the canyon contains ore that is valua-
bio 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
lulilar to those on the south side of
the canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
Che north and higher on the mountain
arc of the silver-lead character 1t
nay be that the gold vein, or the veia
on the south si1e Of the canyon Is
separated, and forms a spur, or 1T
shis point, becomes wider and extends
further to tho north and hey lld tAe
sanyon.
Before proceedinr further IN 'hi.
description it viii he we'll to state t,lat
Ns ors zone passes titroa$! the dis
tret ia a nortli-rsestetlY ard sonyil-
esstsrly direction anG Ro3i}son can
yeh euSs through the district in a
south aastesly course near the Middle
Of the ore conc.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days OF the district, while
shsy wore prospecting chiefly for sil-
YER and lead it Was discovered that
che lead bullion carried large
amount Of gold. Up,n investigation
a. was found that tia
AULTMAN MINE
Yves furnishing the greater portion Of
iris valuable metal. ~ The ore of this
nine was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
deeomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which bahled the
most experienced smeltcrs of the
camp. 1t was ct last concluded to
abandon this mine 10 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
mine was left III this condition until
1897, when Messrs Underhill, Nc
Omis and others secured lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
number of years. They construct
ID mill of ten stamps capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same over copper silvcred
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
Tag plant. It would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Atlltman, it not being sufi-
dsntly blocked out, but there are