The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-06-19
ROBINSON DI5TaJ.. =
g. DESCRIPTION oH IT'S fEatsr
AND EGs&s sS5.a.


enc hundred and atty miles south Of
the Central Pacific Railroad, in The
Egan range Of mountains, near die
swa Of Ely, the county aeat.
The mines of this district we're,
sems of them, located as ca as
1889, about tho time of the disooy-
cry of the celebrated White Pine
shining district. They were $. first
believed TO be ailver-lead mines and
wsre worked for that kind of min
eral. A smelling furnace vas erect
cd for the purpose OF working The
eras, and considerable of 1t was re
ducsd in that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree of pcrfeetien that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
draad.
From the surface indications and
the ,is1ipet character Of ore found IN
This district II IS the Judgment Of many
thatthere are two ore veins thai are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
se.n on the north side of the canyon
contains ore That IS valuable largely
IN silver, lead and very little gold,
while tho vein on the south side OF
the canyon contains ore that is value
bic largely in gold and very little
| cad and silver. This is not tie ease
in each instance as the mines ttat are
situated next to the canyon ON tie
north side are, some Of them, very
a;r.ilar 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
tbe north and liater on Tie mountain
srs of tie ailver-lead character. II
Gay be that tho GELD veia, or lie vein
IN the south sic Of he canyon is
seatrated and f. ns s Hae, o. at
Ri point, becomes wider and ax T.Is
ferl1er to tho loIth and heg.aa .he
canyon.
~ag pearee Ing farther in fbia
description it VIII bs ell te 4fe.e taar
the ore aoac r@sas tare'g' the d
t,.ies n Il uorth-~es. riT a3d soe.ls
esst. RI direetioa aa5 Robinson ear.
son cuts through tbe da.et IA p
soutll-easterly Course uear t!e middle
81 the ore zone.
Returning again TO BE work dor
in the early days Of .he district, while
they were prosne2!iug chiefly fer sl.
var and lead 1t vas discovered thar
ne lead bullion carried large
amount of gold. Upon Investigation
~ Was found that tho
AULTMAN NINE
WAS furnishing the greater portion of
tsAis valuable metal. The ore of this
nine was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly. Il being
desomposed quartz, a large portion Of
which was clay, which baiiled the
most experienced smelters of the
camp. It Was At list concluded to
abandon this mine so far IS smelling
ore was concerned; they however
worked the property in pursuit of
lead, which was not found i'll paying
quantities, but they did develop q
large VEN Of ore carrying gold Tic
@ise was left in this condition until
1897, when Messrs Undcrhill, Nc
0nie and others secured . lease unon
tas minc and worked the properts Ter
d namber of years. They cons uot-
sS mill Of ten stamps capacity. m3
uduoed the ore ley crushing and Iass
ing the same over coppor-silvePHj
plates. The process was incomplete
aas tho loss too great to make it prof
liable. Under this lease they derel-
opsd large quantities Of ore shat can
be made profitable BY working on a
large scale and with complets mill
mg plant It would be difficult To
estimate the amount of ore lopad
in the huffman, it not beng sulii-
mently blocked ont, but there ere
LARGE quantities OF the AVERAGE yaius
OF @8 per ton in gold. This is the