The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-08-08
ROBINSON DISTRICT
4 DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

enc hundred and fifty miles south of
tho Central Pacific Railroad, in the
RgAn range of mountains, near the
,vn o.. Ely, tho county seat.
The mines of this district were,
soms of them, located as ca as
1859, about the time of the discov-
cry 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
srsl. A smelling furnace was erect
I'd for the purpose of working the
spss, and considerable of It was re-
ducsd 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-
dcnsd.
, 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 sideof
che 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
Anilar 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
Che north and higher on the mountain
are Of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
on the south Bile of the canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
sanyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be we'll to state that
4s ore zone passes through the dis
Sriet In north westerly and south
sastsrly direction ana Robinson cam
yen cuts through the district in a
south easterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
shsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead 1t was discovered that
che lead bullion CARR ed a large
ansunt Of gold. Upon investigation
~ was IOund tnat en0
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the creator portion of
this valuable metal. -. -. TIL p ore of this
nine was OF such character that it
ssuld not be reduced rapi lilly, it being
desomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffled the
most experienced smelters of the
camp. It was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so far las 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
maine was left in this condition until
lSS7, when Messrs. Undlerhill, Nc
Onls and others secured q lease upon
shs mine and worked the property for
. number Of years. They construct
81 mil or ten stamps Capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and PASS
Ing the same over copper silvered
places. Lie process was incomplete
and the loss too great to make it prof
fsaoie; Under this lease they devel-
eped large quantities of ire that can
be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with com plete mill
ng plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ORE developed
IN the Aultman, 1T not lpeing sutfi-
dsntly blocked out, but there are
Il Al,