The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-02-08
ROBINSON DISTRICT
4 nRsCRIPTION OF ITS EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

one nunQreO ana HIGy mAloH So"ViA Vi
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
e gan range of mountains, near tho
,wn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, Located rs ca as
1869, about the time of the discov-
o-y of She celebrated White Pine
mining 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 ths pur pose of working the
srss, and considera BILE of 1t was re-
dussd In that way, but ct that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree of perfection that it has since
attained, and this process was aban-
doned.
From the surface indications and
Tho distinct character Of ore found in
this district 1t Is the judgment of many
thatsthere 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
ksilar 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 the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms a spur, or at
shis 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 ore xone passes through the dis
arist In . north-wcstcrly and south
sAstsrly direction ana Robinson can-
yon cuts through tho district in a
aoath- easterly course near the middle
Of tho ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In ths early days of tho district, while
AAsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
vss and lead 1t was discovered that
AAs lead bullion carried a large
snsunt of gold. Upon investigation
60 was found that the
AULTMAN MIMI
Wss furnishing the greater portion of
NAis valuable metal. ~ ~. The ore of this
aaiAe was Of such character that it
esuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
Assomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffied the
Aost experienced smelters of the
camp, It 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 a
large vein of ore carrying gold. The
mino was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onie and others secured lease upon
ths tnine and worked the property for
. number of years. They construct
81 anil of ten stamps capacity and
ssdussd the ore by crushing and pass
Tag the same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
AID the loss too great to make it prof
fable. Under this lease they devel-
sped large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with complete mill
lng plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being sufi-
eisntly blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of % per ton in gold. This is the