The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-11-21
ROBINSON DISTRICT
4 DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

Kxan range of mountains, near tho
,wn of Ely, tho county seat.
The mines of this district wore,
SEINE of them, located ~ ea as
1869, about the time of the discov-
cry Of the celebrated White Pine
aiming district. They were at first
believed to be silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
SrAl. A smelling furnace was Greet
81 for the purpose Of working the
Opes, and considerable Of 1t was re-
asssd In that way, but at 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
Che 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 tho south side of
the canyon contains ore that is valua-
Bile largely in gold and very little
I 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
similar to those on the south side of
che canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
she 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
Ihis point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceed g further in this
description it will DO well to state that
ne ere zone passes through the dis
arict In north-westerly and south
sAsterly direction and Robinson cam
ton cuts through the district in q
south sasterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
tAsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead 1t was discovered that
The lead bullion carried large
amount Of gold. Up,n investigation
q was found that the
AULTNAN MINE
WAs furnishing the greater portion Of
tAis valuable metal. ~, ~. The ore of this
niRe was of such character that it
ssuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
dssomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which bafled the
most experienced sme1ters 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
load, 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
Onis and others secured lease upon
shs 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 the same over copper-silvered
plates. Tho 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
Be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with complete mill
0g plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
IN the Aultman, it not, being suffi-
sisntly blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of % per ton in gold. This is the