The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-03-06
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A wRRCRyPTIoN OF lTs EXTENT
AND RESOURCEa.

enc hundred and fifty miles south of
she Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Rxan range of mountains, near the
swn of, Ely, the county scat.
The mines of this district were,
some of them, located as ca as
1869. about tho time of the discov-
srs 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
ssAi. A smelling furnace was erect
cd for the purpose of working the
sses, and considerable of it was re-
apesd in that way, but at that early
DAY smelling had not got to that de-
gree of perfection that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
aoned.
| From the surface indications and
the distinct character of ore found IN
this district it Is the Judgment of many
chat 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
tho canyon contains ore that is valua-
bic largely in gold and very little
cad and silver. This is not the case
In each instance MS the mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
aorth side are, some of them, very
Auilar to those on the south side Of
ths canyon. This is especially true
Of tho mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
aho north and higher ON the mountain
ara Of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be thst the gold vein, or the vein
on tho south si1e of the canyon is
separated, and forms Il spur, or at
tAis point, becomes wider and extends
farther to the north and beyond the
spnyon.
Brforo proceeding further ia this
description it will be well TO state that
ess ore zone passes through the dis
triet in a north westerly and south
sasterly direction ana Robinson an
yoa cuts through the district in a
sssth-sasterly course near the middle
81 the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
lie the early days of the district, while
Ney were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead it was discovered that
the lead bullion carried q large
amount Of gold. Up,n, investigation
Il was found that the
MINE
Nss furnishing the greater portion OF
~ valuable metal. The ore of this
sine was of such character that il
Ssula not be reduced rapidly. it being
Assomposed quartz, d large portion OF
which was clay, which bafaed the
Asst experienced smeltcra of the
aAMp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine SO far as smelling
ess was concerned; they however
worked the property in pursuit of
i3a, which was not found in paying
Quantities, but they did develop a
large VEN of ore carrying gold. The
aiae was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onis and others secured a lease upon
ths mine and worked the property for
Q number of years. They construct
- = mill of ten stamps capacity and
Rdussd tho ore by crushing and pass
ins tho same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
U8a olie ioso Ioo SICdo w ihdhe IL pIol-
table. Under this lease they devel-
spsd large quantities of ore That can
- made profitable by working on a
Asge scale and with a complete mill
mg plant. 1t wonld be difficult tc
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