The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-01-25
ROBINSON MINING DISTRICT
A DRSoRIPTION OF ITS EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

the Central racine railroad, III the
Fran range of mountains, near the
town of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
soyne of them, located rs early as
1899, 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
srsl. A smelling furnace was erect
ed for the purpose of working the
ores, and considerable of it was re-
Auesd 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 lietle gold,
while the vein on She south side of
thO 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 that are
situated next to the canyon on the
north side are, some of them, very
n nilar to those on the south side of
the caryon. This is espec ally true
Of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further 20
che north and his on the mountain
are of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or The vein
on the south side of Che canyon is
separated, and forms q spar, On at
this point, becomes wider and cA,en@s
further to the north ard hoyoad The
sanyon.
Before proceeding E,,.fe' il ihis
description 1t will be well to s;aJe chat
shs ere zone passes tllroagh tie dis
srlct In north westerly and south
eastsrly direction an0 Robinson can
yon cuts through the Gist,.cS in a
sosth-easterly conlse near Tie middle
Of the ore zone
Returning again to he work cone
In she early days Of the district, while
thsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead it was discovered that
che lead bullion carried large
amount of gold. Upon investigation
% was found that the
AULTMAN MIMI
Was furnishing the greater portion of
AAis valuable metal. The ore of this
Msno was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
Assomposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which baffed the
snost experienced smelters of the
camp. 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
miAs was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onis and others secured lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
Q number OF years. They construct
I'd anil of ten stamps capacity and
psdussd the ore by crushing and pass
Ing The same over copper-silyered
plates. The process was incomplete
aid the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
30 nade profitable by working on
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 suffi-
GENTLY blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
~ "a mar ton In 0o11 Tbio ;s +ho