The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-08-15
ROBINSON DISTRICT
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A BksCRIPTfON OF TIN EXTENT
AWrk3N1 RESouRons.

ono hundred and fifty miles south of
tho CsRfgpf 4acific Railroad, in the
Egan range of mountains, near the
,wn of..tliHY, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
som'Gf Nm, located as e" as
1s0w, WdtNs the time of the .tiscov-
cry of TIA celebrated White Pine
Aining 3 district. They were at first
helis1s9 tt6S be silvar-lead mines and
wsrLn~oRMtd for that kind of min
srsl. A smelling furnace was erect
ed for the purpose of working the
ores, and considerable of it was re-
aueSdasAalat way, but at that early
DAY smelling had not got to that de-
rred lTfeotion that it has since
Attainsd, and this process was aban-
dcnse..A.A
Froua-the surface indications and
tho dsassnet character of ore found in
this district it is the Judgment of many
that''there are two ore veins that are
'spyPy Robinson canyon 70 The
sontta .jga!::. ore that is valuable largely
IN silver, lead and very little gold,
wbil&sAHi vein on the south side of
the caayqyp contains ore that is valu"-
BILE largely in gold and very little
cad aad silver. This is not tie case
In each instance as ths mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
north side are, some of them, very
4innilar f. those on the south side Of
the canyon. This is especially true
of tkeInines located east of the Great
Western, while those lyiiis further to
the north and higher ON the mountain
arc of the silyel-lead character. 1t
may -h4-that the gold vein, or the vein
On tl6rsouth sile of the cahyoa is
sspaNsd, and forms T. spur, or at
this 4nt, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
cany&
Before proceeding further in tliis
description it will be well to state that
IA. ois zone passes through the dis
trict in forth westerly and south
eAstsrly direction ana Robinson can
yon cuts through the district III
south easter]y course near the middle
Of the orc zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of tbs district, while
they were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead it was discovered that
the lead bullion carried a large
amount of gold Upon investigation
- was found that thu
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion Of
this valuable metal. - The ore Of this
mine was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
desomposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which baiiled 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
mine was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Omie and others secured u lease upon
the 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
liable. Under this lease they devel-
oped large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with complete mill
lag plant. 1t would be difficult to
cstimats the amount Of ore developed
ia the Aultman, it not being suifi-