The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-02-13
ROBINSON DISTRICT
a DESCRIPTION OF ITS EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

Egaa range of mountains, near thu
eva Of. Ely, the county seat
The mines of this district were
ssms of them, locat,d as e. Al
1853, about tho time of the discov
ss1 Of the celebrated White Pine
Mi.irg district. They were at frs
Nslis7sd to be silver-lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
sssi. A smelling furnace was erect
"a fss ths purpose of working the
COOS, ana considerable of 1t was re-
1nssd In that way, but at that early
DAY smelling had not got to that de-
gree Of perfection that It has since
ossoined, and this process was aban-
Goned.
From the surface indications and
&c distinct character of ore found in
Oils district 1t is the judgment of many
ehat,thers are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
eein on the north side of the canyon
Contains orc that is valuable largely
In silver, lead and very little gold,
uasls the vein on the south side of
she canyon contains ore that is valua-
Sio 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
noeth side are, some of them, very
1milar to those on the south side of
oas canyon. This 10 especially true
u the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
Sac north and higher on the mountain
are of tho silver-lead character. It
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
an the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms a spur, or at
shls point, becomes wider and extends
fsrthsr to tho north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be well to state that
Ns ere zone passes through the dis
Stat in north westerly and south
easssrly direction ana Robinson can
gen cuts through the district in q
ssash- sasterly course near the middle
81 ths ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
tasy were prospecting chiefly for sill
ys7 and lead 1t was discovered thai
ne lead bullion carried large
dssunt Of gold. Upon investigation
b vas found that the
AULTMAN MIMI
@ furnishing the greater portion of
A. valuable metal. ~ The ore of this
Afae was Of such character that it
">sia not be reduced rapidly, it being
Cossnposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which baffled the
easst experienced shelters of the
imp. 1t was at last concluded to
Abandon this mine so far as smelling
ore vas concerned; they however
worked The property in pursuit of
lssl, which was not found in paying
esansit;ss, but they did develop a
large vein of ore carrying gold. The
sire sas left in this condition until
1857, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Hn.o and others secured lease upon
tAe raina and worked the property for
Q h1vber OF years. They construct
q a xaill of ten stamps capacity and
tcG;cod the ore by crushing and pass
fa3 the same over copper-silvered
H',tsr. The process was incomplete
end che loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
sDsd large quantities of ore that can
BE- nads profitable by working on a
aSgs scale and with complete mill
0g plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being suffi-
IDENTITY blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of pc per ton in gold. This is the