The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-01-04
ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT
DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURoES.

one hundred and fifty miles south OF
tho Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Kxan range of mountains, near the
t,wn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as early as
1859, about the time of the discov-
cry of the 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 the purpose of working the
eYss, and considerable of it was re-
dueed 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-
aonsd.
EsFrom the surface indications and
the 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,
whtle the vein on the south side OF
She canyon contains ore that is valua-
BILE largely In gold and very little
lead and silver. This Is not the case
In each instance as the mines thai ere
situated next to the canyon or the
north side are, some of them, very
d uilar to those on the south side ut
she canyon. This Is especially tr"e
of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
che north and higher on the mountain
are of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
on the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or at
mis- point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond tie
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be well to state that
ehs ors zone passes through the dis
trict In north westerly and south
Aastsrly direction and Robinson can
yon suts through the district in
sosth-easterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
Ahsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead it was discovered that
the lead bullion carried a large
amount of gold. Upon investigation
60 was found that the
AULTNAN NINE
Wss furnishing the creator portion OF
Shis valuable metal. The ore of this
ains was of such character that it
ssnld not be reduced rapidly, it being
Assomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baflled the
most experienced smelters of the
A4mp. 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 a
large vein of ore carrying gold. The
niAe was left in this condition until
iSa7, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onis and others secured lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
. number of years. They construct
81 mill of ten stamps capacity and
Tsdussd tho ore by crushing and pass
ing she same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
and the loss too great to make it prof
sssbls. Under this lease they devel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on
large scale and with complete mill
nag plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultnan, it not being suffi-