The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-08-01
ROBINSON DISTRICT
4 DESCRIPTION of IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

The Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Egan range of mountains, near the
,wn of. Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located rs ea as
1869, about tho time of the discov-
cry OF the celebrated White Pine
aining district They wero at first
believed to be silver-lead mines and
w.r. worked for that kind of min
srsl. A smelling furnace was erect.
ed for the purpose of working the
svss, and considerable of it was re-
Ass.d In that way; BUT at that early
DAY. smelling had not got to that de-.
gre. OF perfection that it has since
Attained. and this process was aban-
acned.
From the surface indications and
lhe 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-
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
duailar to those on the south side of
ME 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 silvcr-lead character. 1t
snay be that the gold vein, or the vein
on the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms a 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 well to state that
As ere zone passes through tho dis
sriet In . north westerly md south
sAstsrly direction ana Robinson can
yoR outs through the district i'll
th-easterly course near the middle
81 the ore zone.
Rstuming again to the work done
In the early days of tho district, while
Ihsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead 1t was discovered that
the lead bullion carried a large
ansunt Of gold. Upon investigation
90 was found that the
AULTMAN MIMI
Was furnishing tho greater portion of
sAis valuable. metal. - Tho ore of this
sains was 81 such Schayacter that it.
ssuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
desonposed quartz,Se 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 cohcerned; they however
worked the property in pursuit of
lead, which was not found in paying
quantities, but they did develop
large vein of ore carrying gold The
mime was left in this condition until
1877, when Messrs UnderhiH, Nc
OMis and others secured lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
number of years. They construct
I'd 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
large scale and with complete mill
Ng plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimats the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it. not being suffi-
eisntly blocked out, but there are