The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-06-27
ROBINSON DISTRICT
4 nRsCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

one HuuurOu uHu ul0J A1l0S So"Vil Va
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Ryan range of mountains, near the
,wn of..Ely, tho county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as ca as
1859, about the time of the discov-
err OF the celebrated White Pine
Ainlng district. They were at first
believed to be Ailver-lsad mines and
were worked for that kind of min
sral. A smelling furnace was erect
I'd for tho purpose of working the
spss, and considerable of 1t was re-
Isssd In that way, but at that early
Gay smelling had not got to that de-
gree Of perfection that 1t has since
Attained, and this process was absD-
aousd.
! From the surface Indications and
the distinct character of ore found in
this 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 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
In each instance "a the mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
north side are, some of them, very
dmilar to those on the south side of
Mo 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 silver-lead character. It
may be that tho gold vein, or the vein
on the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms spnr, or at
thls point, becomes wider and extends
further to tho north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further In this
description it will be well to state that
Ne ere sonc passes through the dis
eriet In q north westerly md south
sastsrly direction and Robinson csn-
yon cuts through tho district in d
sssth- sasterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
AAsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead 1t was discovered that
As lead oullion carried large
aMsunt Of gold. Upon investigation
a. was found that the
AULTNAN MINI
Was furnishing the greater portion of
this valuable metal. ''-. The ore of this
mins was Of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
desomposed quartz, large portion of
which WAS clay, which baffled the
most experienced shelters of the
camp. It 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
soins was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Omis and others secured a lease upon
tho mine and worked the property for
. number Of years. They construct
cd 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
table. Under this lease they devel-
oped large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with a complete mill
lng plant. 1t would be difficult to
eskmats the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being suffi-
dsntly blocked out, but there are
large Quantities of the averaoa value