The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-10-24
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

she Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Kgan range of mountains, near the
swn of !. Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district were,
soms of thcm, located ~ ca as
1859, about the time of the discov-
cry Of the celebrated White Pine
shining district. They were at first
Believed to be silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
efal. A smelling furnace was erect
- fer She purpose Of working the
osss, and considerable of 1t was re-
1ussd 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-
Aonsd.
From the surface indications and
ehs distinnt character of ore found in
this district 1t Is the judgment of many
thatlthere 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 side4of
ths canyon contains ore that is valua-
bic 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
Amiiar to those on the south side of
che canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
shs north and higher on the mountain
are of the silver-lead character. It
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
an the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or at
ellis point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be well to state that
hs ore zone passes through the dis
triet In north westerly and south
eAsterly direction end Robinson can
kon 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
they were prospecting chiefly for sill
che lead bullion carried large
smsunt of gold. Up,n investigation
% was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion of
this valuable metal. w.. ~, The ore of this
same was of such character that it
eeu1d not be reduced rapidly, 1t being
dssomposed 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 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
mins was left in this condition until
1877, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
OHaie and others secured lease upon
she mine and worked the property for
. 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
liable. Under this lease they devel-
epsd large quantities of ore that can
DO made profitable by working on
large scale and with complete mill
Ng plant. It would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being suffi-
dsntly blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of eS per ton in gold. This is the
property of Governor Mckinley, Geo.