The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-06-12
ROBINSON DIsTRICr
DESCRIPTION Of IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

Nated in White Pine county, Nevada,
enc hundred and fifty miles south of
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Ryan range of mountains, near the
swR of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
some of them, located as ca as
1889, about tho time of the discov-
cry Of ths celebrated White Pine
mining district. They were ut first
believed TO be silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
spal. A smelling furnace was erect
I'd for the purpose of working the
spss, and considerable of it was re-
Aucsd in that way, but at that early
DAY smelling had not got to that de-
gree Of perfectic n that it has since
attained, and this process was aban-
a>ned.
From the surface indications and
the ,iisrirct 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
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
Che canyon contains ore that is valua-
bio 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
tt,s north and higher or the mountain
are of the silver-lead character. It
nav be that the gold vein, or the vein
~. The south sile of the canyon is
senarated, and forms a spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
a'orr pro ecdinG further in this
saac,.ption it will be well to state t!iat
Ira ere zone passes through the dis
triet in north-westeily and aouth-
easterlf direction ana Robinson can
sen cuts through the district i'll a
ssnth- easterly course near the middle
nf tho 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
no lead bullion carried large
amount Of gold. Up,n investigation
IL was found that the
AULTMAN NINE
Was furnishing the greater portion of
tads valuable metal. :. The ore of this
H.ina was of such character that it
eoald not be reduced rapidly, it being
desomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baified 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
derked 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 !
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Me-
0Mis and others secured lease upon
tAs mine and worked the property fer
. aamber of years. They construct
Cd mill of ten stamps capacity and |
sDdused the ore by crushing and pass
ing the same over copper-silvered
sMtes. The process was incomplete
sss the loss too great to make it prof
liable Under this lease they devel-
epsa large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
Arge scale and with complete mill
ing plant. 1t wonld be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being sutli-