The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1896-11-28
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A DRsCRIPT1ON OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.


she Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Ryan range of mountains, near the
,wn Of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some Of thom, located as ga as
1859, about the time of the discov-
cry Of the celebrated White Pine
miaiag district. They were at first
believed to be silver-lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
srai. A smelling furnace was erect
"a fer she purpose of working the
ARss, and considerable of 1t was re-
aussd 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-
Aonsd.
From the surface Indications and
che distinct character of ore found in
ahis 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
She canyon contains ore that is valua-
Die 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
Auailar to those on the south side of
che canyon. This is especially true
Of che mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
che 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
tAis point, becomes wider and extends
further to tho north and beyond the
sAAyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description 1t will be well to state that
As ere zone passes through the dis
triet In north-westerly and south
sastsrly direction and Robinson cam
yoA cuts through the district in a
tsuth-s asterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
in Vie early days of the district, while
tAsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead 1t was discovered that
As lead bullion carried a large
snsunt Of gold. Upon investigation
50 vas found that tho
AULTMAN MINE
We furnishing the greater portion Of
Ak valuable metal. ~: ~. The ore of this
sains was Of such character that it
sssld not be reduced rapidly, it being
Assomposed 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
mine was left in this condition until
lSs7, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
OMis and others secured lease upon
che nains and worked the property for
number Of years. They construct
I'd mill of ten stamps capacity and
ssdussd the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same over copper-si lvered
plates. The process was incomplete
end the loss too great to make it prof
liable. Under this lease they devel-
eDsd large quantities of ore that can
bs aaads profitable by working on a
large scale and with complete mill
aAg plant. 1t would be difficult tc
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being suffi-
dsntly blocked out, but there are
APra 0uantities of the AVERAGE va1ne