The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-03-28
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A DESCRIPTION or IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

che Central Pacific Railroad, in the
BYAn raugo of mountains, near the
,wn OF Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as ca as
1889, about the time of the discov-
cry Of che celebrated White Pine
mining 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
Cd for tho purpose of working the
oSss, and considerable of 1t was re-
dussd 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-
Aoned.
From the surface indications and
ths distinct character Of ore found IN
lhis district 1t Is the Judgment of many
shatithere are two ore veins that are
asparated 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
Che canyon contains ore that is valua-
Bic 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
dnilar to those on the south side of
ths canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east Of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
Nhs north and higher on the mountain
ere of tho 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
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to tho north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further In this
description 1t will be we'll to state that
a. ere xone passes through the dis
eyist In q north ncsterly and south
sasssrly direction and Robinson can
YsA cuts through tho district in p
South easterly course near the middle
Of me ore xone.
Returning again to tho work done
IN ths early days of the district, while
Nsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead 1t was discovered that
~ lead bullion carried large
sAsunt of gold. Up,n investigation
40 vAs found that the
AULTAAN AIHH
We furnishing the greater portion of
~ valuable metal. r. re-: Tho ore of this
ains was Of such character that it
ssuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
Assomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baff1ed the
most experienced smelters of the
camp. It was at last concluded to
aAandon this mine 80 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
miAs was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onis and others secured lease upon
Ne mine and worked the property for
saumber of years. They construct
q 10 mill of ten stamps capacity and
Ssdussd tho ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
and the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
sDsd large quantities of ore that can
Do made profitable by working on a
large. scale and with complete mill
Ai Plant! it would be difficult to
s.amats. theSamount of ore developed
In the a Aultman, it not being suffi-
IDENTIFY blocked out, but there are