The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-08-07
Ea0BIHSON DISTRICT
A DESCRIPTION OF yrs rXritNT
AND RESOURCES.

enc hundred and lfty miles bouth Vi
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
ygan range Of mountains, near the
swn of Ely, the county sent.
The mines of this district were,
come of them, located a. ca as
1853, about the time of the discoy
cry Of the celebrated White Pine
aining district. They wers at first
believed TO be silver-l lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
e7al A smelling furnace was erect
"a for the purpose of working the
erss. and considerable OF 1t was re-
auoed in that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de
gree Of perfectio that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
aoned.
From the surface indications and
tae distinct character of ore found i'll
this district it is the Judgment of many
that there are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
,ein 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-
bio 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
sic,iar to those on the south side OF
chs 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
are Of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that tho gold vein, or the vein
On the south silc of The canyon IS
separated, and forms a spur, or At
tf;s noint, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
i,sforn proceeding furiher ia this
description it will be well to state tlat
Ne ore zone passes throo"a til liz
erict In north westerly AID sonth-
eastsrly direction and Robinson can
Won cuts through the district i'll .
seuth- easterly course Fear the lHiddle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
they were prospecting chiefly Cor sill
yer and lead it was discovered that
she lead bullion carried a large
amount of gold. Upon investigation
Z, was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion of
tAis valuable metal. >" The ore of this
Mins was of such character that it
could net be reduced rapidly, it being
deeempused quartz, a large portion OF
which was clay, which baffled the
most experienced smeltcrs of the
amp. 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 vein of ore carrying gold. The
sine was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
0Aais and others secured lease upon
Ne mins and worked the property fer
snMmber of years. They construct
ID & mill of ten stamps capacity and
Ksdused the ore by crushing and pass
ing the same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
aaA the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they deyel-
spsd large quantities of ore chat can
be iasde profitable by working on "a
large scale and with complete mill
me plant 1t would be difficult to
etimats the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being sufi-
Gently blocked out, but there are
large quantities Of the average value
Of Ss per ton in gold. This is the
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