The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-07
ROBINSON DISTRICT
DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

Ezan range of mountains, near the
,wn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located RS ca as
1889. about the time of the discov-
cry OF the celebrated White Pine
mining district. They were at first
beloved to be silver-lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
srAl. A smelling furnace was erect
ed for tho purpose of working the
eros, and considerable OF 1t was re-
aueed In that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree of perfection that 1t has aince
attained, and this process was aban-
dousd.
From the surface indications and
che distinct character of ore found in
this district 1t Is the Judgment of many
thatithere 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 tho vein on the south side of
She canyon contains ore that is valua-
bic largely In gold and very little
lead 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
&R1ilar to those on the south side Of
she 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
arc of tho silver-lead character. It
taay be that the gold vein, or the vein
on the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or at
This 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
the ore zone passes through the dis
trist In north westerly and south
sAstsrly direction ana Robinson can
yon cuts through tho district in q
South easterly course near the middle
81 The ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
thsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead it was discovered that
che lead bullion carried a large
sMsunt of gold. Up.n investigation
% was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Wss furnishing the greater portion of
tAIs valuable metal. - The ore of this
mine was OF such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
desomposed quartz, q large portion of
which was clay, which bafled the
most experienced slnelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so far as smelling
ere was concerned; 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
maine was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onie and others secured lease upon
tho mine and worked the property for
o number of years. They construct
ed q mill of ten stamps capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
AID the loss too great to make it prof
stable. Under this lease they devel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on
large scale and with a complete mill
lnE plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being .uifi-
sisntly blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of s8 per ton in gold. This is the
property of Governor Mckinley, Geo.
n &axton and Marshall Ra,.i.our of