The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-01-23
ROBINSON DISTRICT
a RHsGRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Ryan range Of mountains, near the
eva Of Ely, tho county seat
The mines of this district were,
some of them, locatsd as ca as
1855, about the time of the discov
apy 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
ID for the purpose of working the
ssss, and considerable of it was re-
dssed In that way, but at that early
DAY smelling had not got to that de-
srss of perfection that it has since
attained. 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 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
In silver, lead and very little gold,
while the vein on the south side of
ths canyon contains ore that is valua-
hls 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
the canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
chs north and higher on the mountain
are of the silver-lead character 1t
raay be that the gold vein, or the vein
or tho south sile of the canyon Is
separated, and forms spur, or at
Ekis point, becomes wider and extends
farther to tho north and beyond the
canyon.
Before preceding further in this
description it VIII be well to state that
Ne ere zone passes through the dis
triss In north westerly and soHth-
ssaterly direction ana Robinson can
yeR cuts through the district in a
south easterly course near the middle
81 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 a large
sMsunt of gold. Upon investigation
b vas found that tho
AULTMAN MINE
VS. furnishing the greater portion of
H. valuable metal. :. The ore of this
aafns was of such character that it
ssald not be reduced rapidly, it being
&ssemposed quartz, Il large portion of
which was clay, which bahled the
Asss experienced smelters 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
Ains was left in this condition until
1887; when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
OAis and others secured a lease upon
the mine and worked the property fer
number of years. They construct
~ mill of ten stamps capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same oyer copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
and the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
epca large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with complete mill
ng plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimats the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being suhi-
asntly blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
. a