The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-07-04
ROBINSON DISTRICT
n DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

hated in White Pine county, Nevada,
one hundred and fifty miles south of
She Central Pacific Railroad, III the
Egan range of mountains, near the
,wn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as ca as
1862, about the time of the discov-
cry Of the celebrated White Pine
ninlng district. They wero at first
Believed to be Silvewosd mines and
were worked for that kind of min
Orsl. A smelling furnace was erect
cd for tho purpose of working the
ores. and considerable of it WAS re-
Aaesd in that way, but at that early
Any smelling had not got to that de-
gree of perfection that it has since
attained. and this process was abaD-
dcnad.
From the surface indications and
the distinct character of ore found III
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-
BILE 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 thossupn the south side of
the 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
ora of the silvcr-lead character It
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
on the south sile of the canyon is
separated, and forms C. spur, or at
this pointybecomes wider and extends
further to tho north and beyoud the
canyon.
Before sproceoding further in this
description it will be yell 10 stste that
s2s ere zone passes through the dis
triet In north westerly End south
sastsrly direction ana Robinson c&,l-
yon cuts through tho district in a
south e.ster]y course near the middle
81 the ora zone.
Rstuming again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
ahsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead it WAS discovered that
the lead oullion carried large
amount of gold. Upon investigation
% was found that tho
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion of
this valuable metal. -, The ore of this
mine was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly. it being
deeomposed quartz, a large portion Of
which was clay, which bafiied the
most experienced shelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon thisAmine 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
paine was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Me
Omie and others secured lease upon
the mine and worked the property fer
a number Of years. They construct
cd mill Ct ten stamps capacity and
reduced tie 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
he made profitable by working on a
iargs scale and with a complete mill
mg plant. 1t would be difficult to
rstinlatr the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not beinC suifi-