The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-01-16
xsDINsoN DISTRICT
4 DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

enc hundred and fifty miles south of
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Kyan range of mountains, near the
swn of Ely, the county scat.
The mines of this district were,
some of them, located as ca as
1859, about the time of the discov-
cry Of the celebrated White Pine
aiaing district They were at first
Believed to be silver-lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
sfal. A smelling furnace was erect
81 fer the purpose of working the
eyes, and considerable of it was re-
Aseed In that way, but at that early
Day smelling had not got to that de-
spss of perfection that it has since
attained, and this process was aban-
6oHed
From the surface indications and
shs distipct character of ore found in
this district 1t is the judgment of many
shat there are two ore veins that are
ssparated by Robinson canyon. The
Ssin 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
1 cad and silver. This is not the case
In each instance as the mines that are
situated next to the canyon on the
Aorth side are, some of them, very
dmilar to those on the south side of
ths canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
she north and higher on the mountain
ere of the silver-lead character 1t
way r. 'Ils ne gold vein, or the vein
on the s1uth siie of the canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or at
tkis point, becomes wider and extends
farther to tho north and beyond tho
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be well to state that
30 ere zone passes through the dis
trist In a north westerly and south
sastsrly direction and Robinson can
yam cuts through the district in y
ssath- sasterly 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
YER and lead it was discovered that
he lead bullion carried a large
ansunt Of gold. Uptn investigation
h vas found that the
AULTAAN MIMI
VIA fsrnishing the greater portion of
- valuable metal. -. ,... The ore of this
Mias was of such character that it
sssld not be reduced rapidly. it being
dssemposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffied the
Asss experienced smelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine 80 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
Mine was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
OAis and others secured lease upon
ths mine and worked the property for
number Of years. They construct
a mill of ten stamps capacity and
Ssduesd tho 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
table. Under this lease they devel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
Be made profitable by working on a
large scale and with complete mill
Ag plant. 1t would be difficult tc
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being sutii-
dsntly blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Nf G9sDQr ton in cold This is thf