The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-08-22
ROBINSON DISTRICT
4 HhsCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

the Central PACING railroad, III The
hain range OF mountains, near the
wn Of. Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district werej
soms of them, located as ca as
1859, about the time of the discov-
syv of the celebrated White Pine
.rsaing district. They wore at first
tsli.ved to BIZ silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
srsl. A smelling furnace was erect
ID FOR ths purpose of working the
sYss, and considerable of 1t was re-
aussd In that way, but At that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
Sfse of perfection that it has since
attained, and this process was aban-
donsd.
From the surface indications and
the distinct character of ore found IN
shis district 1t is the Judgment of many
that'there are two ore veins that are
NspArated by Robinson canyon. The
win on the north side of the canyon
contains ore that is valuable largely
In silIer, lead and very little gold,
while thu vein on the south side'of
ths canyon contains ore that is valua-
BE largely In gold and very little
cad and silver This is not the case
II each instance as the mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
Aorth side are, Some of them, very
4uilar to those on the south side of
Me canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while tho.e lying further to
Nhs north aid higher on the mountain
ere Of the silver-lead Character. It
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
On the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms n spur, at
shis point, becomes wider and extends
further to tho north and beyond the
saayon.
Bsfors protecting further in thi;
description it will be well to state thai
ne Ufs zone passes through the dis
effst In q north westerly and south
sAsssrly direction and Robinson can
ysA cuts through the district in 8
ssath- sasterly course near the middle
81 ths ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
Asy were prospecting chiefly for sill
vss and lead 1t was discovered thai
Ne lead bullion carried large
Ahsunt Of gold. Up.n investigation
% vas found that the
kyLTMAN MRU
Wsa furnishing the greater portion Of
sAis valuable metal. ~ ~ Tho ore of this
akiAe was of such character that il
ssuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
Assonposed quartz, a large portion Of
which was clay, which baffied the
most experienced smelters of the
mp. 1t was at last concluded to
saA76h this mine 50 far as smelling
ore Ne concerned; they however
"erksd he property in pursuit OF
lsad, which vas not found in paving
quantities, but they did develop a
large vein of ore carrying gold. The
Mins was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill. Nc
OAis and others secured lease upon
sAs mine and worked the property for
aumber OF years. They construct
81 mill OF ten stamps capacity and
ssdused the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
ana the loss too great to make it prof
i'aD!s. Under this lease they deyel-
sped large quantities of ore that can
70 made profitable by working on
large scale and with complete mill
Ng plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore develoned
In the Aultman, it not being .nfi-
IDENTITY blocked out but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of % per ton In gold This ia tho