The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-08-14
pEeBINsON DISTRICT
a pEsCHiPTIOS or ITs EIrsN z
AND REsOUR, E;ss.

one hundred ana nifty miles sotith vi
she Central Pacific Railroad, in the
T gan range of mountains, near the
avn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some Of them, Located AZ ca as
1859, about the time of the discov-
cry Of ths celebrated White Pine
mining district. They were At first
hslir~ed 10 be silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
eGal A snslting furnace was erect
cd for the purpose of working the
erss, and considerable of 1t was re-
Ansed In that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree of pcrfectie that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
dcaed.
From the surface indications and
the ,liscinet character of ore found in
this district it is the judgment Of many
that there are two ore veins that are
Separated by Robinson canyon. The
soin 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
BILE largely In gold and very little
cad and silver. This is not TIE 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 the south sile Of the canyon is
separated, and forms u spur, or at
This point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
CANON.
.9sfore proceeding further il this
description it will be well to state that
H,e ore 4ono passes through the dis
triet in a north westerly and sopth-
sAsterly direction ana Robinson car
ven cuts through the digtriet in
ssuth-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 large
amount of gold. Up,n investigation
" was found that tho
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion of
tAs valuable metal. - The ore of this
Mine was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly. it being
deeemposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which baffied the
most 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 VEN Of ore carrying gold The
aAs was left in this condition until
1877, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
CEaie and others secured lease upon
tAe mine and worked the property for
Q number of years. They construct
al mill of ten stamps capacity and
reduced the ore by crushing and pass
ing the same over copper-silyered
plates. The process was incomplete
8ae the loss too great to make it prof
imbls Under this lease they devel-
epea large quantities of ore that can
be aade profitable by working on a
arge scale and with a complete mill
mg plant 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being suli-
OieAtly blocked out, but there are