The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-05-01
ROBINSON DISTRICT
a DESCRIPTION OF ITS EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

Byan range Of mountains, near the
swn of. Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district were,
ssms of them, located a. ga as
1865. about the time of the discov-
err Of the celebrated White Pine
aiming district. They were at first
believed TO be silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
ssal. A smelling furnace was erect
"a 70, the purpose of working the
ssss, and considerable Of 1t was re-
lussd In that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree Of perfectic that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
l~nsd.
From the surface indications and
She ,liscinct character of ore found in
this district it is the judgment of many
shat, there are two ore veins that are
ssparated 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,
while the vein on the south side of
she canyon contains ore that is valua-
be 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
anilar to those on the south side of
shs canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
ths north and higher on the mountain
are Of the silver-lead character. 1t
may DO that the gold vein, or the vein
ON the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or at
Mis- point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be well to state that
As ere zone passes through the dis
triet In north westerly and south
sAsterly direction ana Robinson can
yen cuts through the district in a
South asterly course near the middle
81 The ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
thsy wsre prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead 1t was discovered that
~ lead bullion carried large
amount Of gold. Up,n investigation
D. was found that the
AULTMAN NINE
Wa furnishing the greater portion of
- valuable metal. -. -. The ore of this
Aias was Of such character that it
ssuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
asssmposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffled the
Asst experienced shelters of the
Anp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine SO far as smelling
sIs was concerned; they however
worked the property in pursuit of
i0d, which was not found in paying
Quantities, but they did develop a
large vein of ore carrying gold. The
Ains was left in this condition until
1887, whom Messrs. Underhill, Nc
0his and others secured lease upon
As mine and worked the property for
. nsmber Of years. They construct
q NALL of ten stamps capacity and
ssAussd the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
ed the loss too great to make it prof
iAbls. Under this lease they devel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
b made profitable by working on a
hsxs scale and with complete mill
az 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 average value
Of Is per ton in gold This is the