The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-01-09

4 DESCRIPTION or ITS EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

U3t9u III " AAA19 A1tc $oaA-eJ3 - 49, ->---s
one hundred and fifty miles south of
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Hx.n range Of mountains, near the
sw. Of Ely, the county seat
The mines Of this district we're,
ssns Of them, located As ca as
1859. about the time of the discov-
sry Of the celebrated White Pine
shining district. They were at first
believed to be silver-lead mines and
ware worked for that kind of min
srai. A smelling furnace was erect
q fer shs purpose Of working the
srss, and considerable Of it was re-
1sssd In that way, but at that early
DAY smelling had not got to that de
.tss Of perfection that it has since
ass.ined, and this process was aban-
aosed.
! From the surface indications and
shs distiDct character of ore found in
shis district it is the Judgment Of many
shat.thers 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 tie vein on the south side of
shs canyon contains ore that is valua-
BE 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 arc, some of them, very
auiIar to those on the south side of
ths canyon This is especially true
81 the mines located east of the Great
Western. while those lying further to
ahs north and higher on The mountain
are Of the silver-lead character. 1t
saay be that the gold vein, or the rein
sn Abe south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or at
tAis point, becomes wider and extends
farther to tho north and beyond the
sasyon.
Before proceeding further IN this
description it win be well to state that
as era zone passes through the dis
sriss il . north westerly and south
s~sssr,y direction anu Robinson can
Yea cuts through the district in a
ssush- sasterly course near the middle
81 the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
IN the early days of the district. while
sAsy were prospecting chiefly for sill
ysr and lead 1t was discovered that
sAs lead bullion carried large
ansunt Of gold. Up,n investigation
n was found that the
AULTMAN 1uHE
w. fsrsishing the greater PORTION Of
81 valuable metal - The ore of this
nins was Of such character that il
sszla not be reduced rapidly, it being
dsssmposed quartz, large portion Of
which was clay, which bafled the
Asss experienced smelters of the
semp. It 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
nins was left in this condition until
lSB7, when BIessrs. Underhill, Me
Onis and others secured lease upon
NE mine and worked the property fol
Nzumber Of years- They construct
II . mill of ten stamps capacity and
ssdussd The ore by crushing and pass
ing the same over copper-silvered
plates The process was incomplete
and the loss too great to make it prof
liable Under this lease they deyel
spsd large quantities of ore that car
hs made profitable by working on j
large scale and with complete mill
~ plant It rouid be difficult I,
sstimats the amount Of ore developed