The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-05-09
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

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the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Rxan range of mountains, near the
,wn Of Ely, the county seat.
The mines Of this district were,
aoms of them, located ~ ca as
1859, about the time of the discov-
err Of she celebrated White Pine
nlning 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
I'd for the purpose Of working the
ssss, 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 1t has since
attained. and this process was aban-
Aonsd.
From the surface Indications and
che distinct character Of ore found in
lhis district 1t Is the judgment of many
shat;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 side of
shs canyon contains ore that Is valua-
bic. largely in gold and very little
lead and silver. This is not tho case
In each instance AZ the mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
north side are, some of them, very
dmilar 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
che north and higher on the mountain
are 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 a spur, or at
shis point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description 1t will be well to state that
tAs ere zone passes through the dis
srist In a north westerly and south
sastsrly direction and Robinson can
yen cuts through tho district in D
south easterly course near the middle
81 the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of tho district, while
ahsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead it Was discovered that
kAs lead bullion carried large
aAeunt of gold Upon investigation
% vas found that the
AULTNAN MINE
Wa furnishing the greater portion OF
tAis valuable metal. So. -. The ore of this
miHs was of such character that ii
ssuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
deeomposed quartz, 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
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
wins was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
OMis and others secured lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
snumber of years. They construct
I'd a mill of ten stamps capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
ing the same over coppcr-silvered
plates. Tho process was incomplete
and the loss too great to make it prof
liable. Under this lease they devel-
eped large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on u
large scale and with complete mill
ing plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being suffi-
Gsntly blocked out, but there are
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