The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-06-05
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

avn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district were,
GENE Of them, located as ca as
1853, about the time of the discov-
sry Of the celebrated White Pine
Alaing district. They were at first
believed TO be silver-lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
sral. A smelling furnace was erect
"a fes the purpose of working the
ssss, and considerable of 1t was re-
dassd 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-
a,rsd.
From the surface indications and
the ,liscinct 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
ysin 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
The canyon contains ore that is valua-
bic 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
similar 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
the north and higher on the mountain
are of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
on tho south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms a spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further III this
description it will be well to state that
Ae ere zone passes through the dis
trict in north-wcsterly and south
sasterly direction ana Robinson can
yen cuts through the district in a
h-easterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
they were prospecting chiefly for sill
vsr and lead it was discovered that
ne lead bullion carried a large
amount of gold. Up, n investigation
" was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion of
this valuable metal. 49, The ore of this
Ains was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
aesomposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which baffied the
most experienced smelters of the
amp. 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
isa7, whsnF Messrs. Underhill, Nc
OAie and others secured lease upon
As mins and worked the property for
. namber Of years. They construct
81 NALL of ten stamps capacity and
ssdused the ore by crushing and pass
ing the same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
saA the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
SDsd large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on
Arge scale and with a complete mill
nag plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being suffi-
GENTLY blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of 50 per ton in gold. This is the
property of Governor Mckinley, Geo.
b. Saxton and Marshall Barbour of
@anton, Ohio, who own number of