The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-04-24
gss3IHs0N DISTRICT
DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

enc hundred and fifty miles south OF
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Rgan range of mountains, near the
swa of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as ca as
1859, about the time of the discov-
ssy of the celebrated White Pine
aiming district. They were at first
Believed TO BIO silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
sysl. A smelling furnace was erect
I'd for the purpose of working the
spss, and considerable of it was re-
Aassd in that way, but as that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree of perfectio that it has since
attained, and this process was aban-
a>ned.
, From the surface indications and
she distinct character of ore found in
this district it is the judgment of many
that 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,
vhile the vein on the south side of
the canyon contains ore that is valua-
BILE 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
&milar to those on the south side of
the canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
the north and higher on the mountain
arc 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
this point, becomes wider and extends
farther to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be well to state that
Tie ere zone passes through the dis
triet in north westerly and south
essterly direction ana Robinson can
yon cuts through the district in q
aeuth- easterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
they were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead it was discovered that
the lead bullion carried large
amount Of gold. Upon investigation
h was found that the
AULTMAN MIMI
Was furnishing the greater portion of
&A valuable metal. -, -. The ore of this
AiAs was of such character that it
ssuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
Assomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffled the
most experienced shelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so far as smelling
Sc 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
Alns was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
0nis and others secured lease upon
tAs mine and worked the property for
Q asmber Of years. They construct
81 mill of ten stamps capacity and
ssdused the ore by crushing and pass
lag the same over copper silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
sd the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
sDsd large quantities of ore that can
b made profitable by working on a
urge scale and with Il complete mill
Ag 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 ayerane xalne