The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-05-23
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ROBINSON DISTRICT
4 nRsORIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

Ryan range of mountains, near the
avn of--Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district were,
soma of them, located As ca as
1889, about the time of the discov-
err of ths celebrated White Pine
aiming district. They were at first
believed to be silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
sral. A smelling furnace was erect
Cd for tho purpose of working the
Apss, and considerable Of 1t was re-
lused In that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree of perfection that 1t has since
attained, and this process was aban-
Aoned.
From the surface indications and
She distinct character of ore found in
this district 1t is the judgment of many
that there are two ore veins that are
aeparated 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 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 az the mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
north side are, some of them, very
dnilar 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
che north and higher on the mountain
are of tho silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
On tho south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
farther to tho north and beyond the
ssayon.
Before proceeding further in this
Description 1t will be well to state that
0s ere sone passes through the dis
trist In . north westerly and south
sAstsrly direction and Robinson can
ger cuts through tho district in
sssth- sasterly course near the middle
81 ths orc zono.
Returning again to the work done
In she early days of the district, while
GAsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead 1t was discovered that
lie lead bullion carried q large
sAsunt Of gold. Up.n investigation
% was found that the
AULTNAN NINE
Was furnishing the greater portion of
tAis valuable metal. s ~, The ore of this
saiAs was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
desomposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which baff1ed the
most experienced smelters of the
camp. It 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
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onis and others secured lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
. number of years. They construct
"a 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 devef-
oped large quantities of ore that can
DO made profitable by working on
large scale and with complete mill
ing plant. It would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being suffi-
IDENTITY blocked out, but there are
large quantities Of the average value
Of e3 per ton in gold. This is the
property of Governor Mckinley, Geo.
D. Saxton and Marshall Barbour of
Canton, Ohio, who own number of
patsntsd mines in tho district, of