The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-07-03
ROBINSON DIST g,
IA DHsCRTpTIoN or IT'S GXTETT
AND RESOURCES.

aated in White Pine county, Nevada,
one hundred and fifty miles south of
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
n gan range of mountains, near the
swn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
tsme of them, located as ca as
1859, about tho time of the discov-
cry of the celebrated White Pine
saining district. They vera At first
believed TO be silver-lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
eral. A smelling furnace was erect
cd fer tho purpose of working the
apas, and considerable of 1t was re-
auoed in that way, but at that early
DAY smelling had not got to that de-
yrto of pcrfectic that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
d~ned.
from the surface indications and
the ,iscinnt character of ore found IN
this district 1t is the Judgment of many
that there are two ore veins that are
Separated by Robinson canyon The
ye;n on the north side OF the canyon
contains ore that is valuable largely
IN silver, lead and very little gold,
while the 4ein 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
Amilar to those on the south side OF
lhe 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
ars Of the silyer-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
IN tho south 81 lie of the canyon is
separated, and forms apnr, or at
This point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond tha
canyon.
5 .,rro proceeding further il, this
description it VII be well 10 tate that
tie ore zone passes through the dis
h'ict in n north-westeriy and Eoata-
easterly direction ana Robinson can
yen cuts through the district in .
south asterly course hear 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
ne lead bullion carried large
amount of gold Up,n investigation
4. vas found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion of
this valuable metal. The ore of this
nine was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly. Il being
deoomposed quartz, q large portion Of
which was clay, which baflied the
most experienced smeltcrs Of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so far as smelling
ore was concerned; they however
worked the property in pursuit of
lead, which was not found in paying
quantities, but they did develop a
large VEN of ore carrying gold The
mine was left i'll this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Me
0mis and others secured lease upon
tAs mine and worked the property for
Rsmber of years. They construct
sa mill of ten stamps capacity and
pedused the orc by crushing and pass
ing the same over copper silYered
plates. The process was incomplete
aa& the loss too great to make it prof
liable. Under this lease they devol-
oped large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working ON a
iarge scale and with complete mill
mg plant. 1t would be difficult to
sstmate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being sutli-
ciently blocked ont, but there are
large quantities Of the average value