The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-06-06
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A HnsCRTPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND REROURCEa.


ths Central Pacific Railroad, in the
ugan range of mountains, near the
',rn Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district were,
soms of them, located as ca as
1859, about tho time of the discov-
err Of she celebrated White Pine
aiming district. They were at first
believed to be silver-load mines and
were worked for that kind of min
sral. A smslting furnace was erect
cd for the purpose of working the
spss, and considerable of 1t was re-
luesd 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-
doned.
From the surface indications and
tho distinct character of ore found in
this district 1t 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,
while the vein on the south side of
The canyon contains ore that is valua-
BILE largely in gold and very little
| cad 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
imilar 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
ths north and higher on the mountain
are of tho silver-lead character. It
aay be that the gold vein, or the vein
on the south lille of tho canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
eaRyon.
Before proceeding further In this
description 1t will be uell to state that
shs ere zone passes through the dis
sYist In a north rcsterly and south
eastsrly direction and Robinson can
yon suts through the district in a
sssth- sasterly course near the middle
Of Tho orc zone.
Returning again to tho work done
In the early days of tho district, while
thsy wore prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead 1t was discovered that
che lead ohllion carried large
sAsunt of gold. Upon investigation
u was found that the
AULTNAN MIMI
Wss furnishing the greater portion of
tails valuable metal ~. -. The ore of this
mins was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
decomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffied 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
maine 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
Cd mill of ten stamps capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
ing tho same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
end the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
oped large quantities of ore that can
Be made profitable by working OH a
large scale and with complete mill
rag plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being sufi-
IDENTITY blocked out, but there are
large qhantities of the average value