The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-06-26
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

one hundred and fifty miles south or
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Exan range of mountains, near the
swn of Ely, tho county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
.sme of them, located as ca as
1889, about the time of the discov-
cry of the celebrated White Pine
shining 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
"a for the purpose of working the
epss, and considerable of 1t was re-
aaosd in that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
Eree of perfectic n that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
A~nsd.
from the surface indications and
The 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
N silver, lead and very little gold,
while the vein on the south side of
the canyon contains ore that is valua-
bic 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
similar to those on the south side of
tho canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
tho 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 sile of the canyon is
separated, and forms a spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond The
canyon.
ietore proceeding further in this
description it will be well to SIatc that
NE ore zone passes through the dis
triet in a north westerly and soutl-
sNsterly direction au0 Robinson can
yon cuts through the district in a
south 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
me lead bullion carried large
amount Of gold. Upon investigation
n was found that tho
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion OF
this valuable metal. ' The ore of this
nine was of such character that il
could not be reduced rapidly. it being
deeomposed quartz, a 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
sDs was concerned; they however
worked the property i'll pursuit of
lead, which was not found in paying
Quantities, but they did develop a
large vein of ore carrying gold The
MiAe was left III this condition until
1887, whsn Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onsis and others secured lease upon
Ne mine and worked the property for
sAsmber of years. They construct
ed mill of ten stamps capacity and
mduesd the ore by crushing and pass
ing ths same over opper-silvered
gkssS. The process was incomplete
%aA the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
epsd large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
arse scale and with complete mill
mg plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being suffi-
Gently blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of as per ton in gold. This is the