The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-08-21
,E8BINs0N DI3I&L3T
4 DESCRIPTION OF f"s EXTENT
AND RE&OURuG@.

sho Central Pacific Railroad, in the
gan range of mountains, near the
" Of Ely, the county seat.
This mines of this district we're,
zems of them, located as ca as
1859, about the time of the discoy-
arv of the celebrated White Pine
shining district. They wers at first
Believed TO be silver-lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
sral. A smelling furnace was erect
ed for the purpose of working the
apes, and considerable of 1t was re-
anead in that Way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de
gres of pcrfection that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
dsned.
From the surface indications and
the distinct 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
rein on the north side Of the canyon
contains ore that is valuable largely
N silver, lead and very little gold,
while the vein on the south side of
the canyon contains ore that is Talua-
ble 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
aiuilar 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
arc of the silYer-lend character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
on the south si]e OF the canyon is
separated, and forms a spur, or at
this point, becomes a,dar and extends
farther to the north and beyond the
canyon.
5~.orore proceeding further III This
description it will be veil 10 atate that
Il e ore zone passes thraugh tn. dis
t.iet in "a north-wes5ell# and south
oSStsrly directions ma Robinson can
yon cuts through the district in .
south easterly course near the r2ildie
Of She 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
Me lead bullion carried a large
amount of gold. Upon Investigation
Il was found that the
AULTMAN NINE
Was furnishing the greater portion of
thts valuable metal. The ore of this
nine was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
deeemposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which balled the
most experienced smelters of the
CAMP. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this nine 50 far as smelling
sts 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
Mipe was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. UnderhiI, Ne
Omis and others secured "a lease upon
Ne mine and worked the property for
. nuaber Of years. They construct
~ a mill of ten stamps capacity and
rsdueed the ere by crushing and pass
ing the same over copper-silyered
plates. The process was incomplete
a&a the loss too great to make it prof
liable. Under this lease they devel-
egsd large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with a complete mill
Eng plant. 1t would be difficult to
sstinidts the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being sufli-
eiently blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
of rs per ton in gold. This is the