The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-07-18
ROBINSON DISTRICT
4 HBsCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

one hundred and fifty miles south of
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Egan range of mountains, near the
,wn Of. Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as ca as
1880, 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 erect
ed for the purpose of working the
svss, and considerable of it was re-
ascsd 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-
donsd.
From the surface indications and
ths distinct character of ore found in
thts 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 sideof
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
drailar to those on the south side of
hhs 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 the silver-lead character. It
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
On the south si1e of the canyon il
separated, and forms spur, or at
this point, becomea wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it vii be well to state that
ne ere zono passes through the dis
trict In a north westerly and sorth-
sastsrly direction ana Robinson can-
yon cuts through the district in ?.
south easterly course near The middle
81 the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In She early days of the district, while
ehsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and load 1t was discovered that
the lead bullion carried large
snsunt of gold. Up, n investigation
q was found that the
AULTNAN MIMI
Wa furnishing the greater portion of
this valuable metal. "'~ The ore of this
niRs WAS of such character that it
eeuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
deeomposed quartz, a large portion of
which WAS clay, which baffled the
most experienced smelters of the
camp. 1t 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
mins was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Ne
Onis and Others secured lease upon
the ains and worked the property for
. number OF years. They construct
ID mill of ten stamps capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same over copper ilvered
plates. The process was incomplete
and the loss too great to make it prof
liable. Under this lease they devel-
oped large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with complete mill
ing plant. It would be difficult to
estimate the amount Of ore developed
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