The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-02-06
ROBINSON DISTRICT
a 0RaCNIPTION OF ITS EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

ens hundred and fifty miles south of
she Central Pacific Railroad, in the
zyaH range Of mountains, near the
swa of. Ely, the county seat.
The mines OF this district we're,
asns of them, located as ca as
1859, about tho time of the discov-
spy Of the celebrated White Pine
Aiuing district. They were at first
Believed to BIO Eilvcr-lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
sfai. A smelling furnace was erect
"a fep the purpose of working the
sses, 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 it has aimee
atsained. and this process was aban-
aoned.
From the surface Indications and
che distinct character of ore found in
this district 1t is the judgment of many
shat'the are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
vein on the north side of the canyon
sontsins ore that is valuable largely
In silver, lead and very little gold,
while the vein on the south side of
ths canyon contains ore that is valua-
BILE largely in gold and very little
I cad and silver. This is not the case
In each instance as the mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
Aorth side are, some of them, very
similar to those on the south side of
Ne canyon. This 10 especially true
81 the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
che north and higher on the mountain
ara 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
his 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
- ere zone passes through the dis
trlet In a north westerly and south
s@stsrly direction and Robinson cam
gsR cuts through the district in y
ssnth- sasterly course near the middle
Of the orc zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
shsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead it was discovered that
he lead bullion carried large
ansunt Of gold. Up,n investigation
n vas found that the
AULTMAN MINE
W. furnishing tho greater portion of
6As valuable metal. -. The ore of this
Ains was OF such character that it
esuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
assemposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffled the
Asst experienced smeltcrs 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
miAs was left in this condition until
1857, whom Messrs. Underhill, Nc
onis and others secured lease upon
shs mine and worked the property for
number Of years. They construct
- mill of ten stamps capacity and
ssdussd the orc by crushing and pass
Ing the same over ppersilvered
plates. The process was incomplete
anA the loss too great to make it prof
fable. Under this lease they deyel-
spsd large quantities Of ore that can
bs made profitable by working on a
Ayss scale and with a complete mill
NJ plant. 1t wonld be difficult tc
0tmats the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being sutii-
IDENTITY blocked out, but there are
large quantities Of the average value
- n Al