The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-07-11
ROBINSON DISTRICT
1 DhaCRTPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

Egan range of mountains, near the
,wn of. Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
Soms of them, located rs ca as
1882, about tho time of the discov-
~. of the celebrated White Pine
aiming district. They wero at first
believed to be silver-le lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
sral. A sNslting furnace was erect
81 for tho purpose of working the
eyes, and considerable of it was re-
Aassd 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-
donsd.
From the surface indications and
Tho distinct character of ore found in
Chi. district 1t is the judgment of many
thatthere are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
vain 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-
bic largely in gold and very little
cad and silver. This Is not the case
In each instance az the mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
north side are, some of them, very
1railar to those on the south side of
Me canyon. This IL especially true
Of The mines located east Of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
ths 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 siie of tho canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or at
shis point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be we'll to state that
sAs ere sone passes through the dis
AYist In . north westerly and south
sAstsrly direction ana Robinson can
yer cuts through the district in 5
sesth- sasterly course near the middle
81 ths ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In ths early days of the district, while
AAsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead 1t was discovered that
tAs lead bullion carried large
aAsunt Of gold. Upon investigation
% was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Wa furnishing the greater portion Of
this valuable metal. ~. ~, The ore of this
mias was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, il being
desomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffied the
most experienced smelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so far as smelling
ore was coneerned; 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 in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Omis and Others secured lease upon
tho mine and worked the property for
a number of years. They construct
ed 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
ing plant. 1t would be difficult to
cstimats the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being sufi-
dsntly blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of e8 per ton in gold. This is the