The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-03-27
ROBINSON DISTRICT
DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

bAS SSllbl@i
Exan range of mountains, near the
swa of. Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district were,
acme OF them, located as ca as
1869, about the time OF the discov-
err Of the celebrated White Pine
Aining district. They were at first
believed to be silver-lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
sYAl. A smelling furnace was erect
"a fer the purpose of working the
sSss, and considerable of 1t was re-
assed in that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree Of perfecticn that it has since
attained, and this process was aban-
a>nsd.
! From the surface Indications and
shs ,istipct character of ore found in
this district it is the Judgment of many
hat,thers are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
vein on the north side Of the canyon
sontains ore that is valuable largely
In silver, lead and very little gold,
while the vein on the south side of
She canyon contains ore that is valua-
bic largely in gold and very little
| sad and silver. This is not the case
In Zach instance al the mines that are
situated next to the canyon IN the
Aorth side are, some of them, very
similar to those on the south side of
NE canyon. This ia especially true
Of the mines located east of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
tbs north and higher on the mountain
are Of the silver-lead character. 1t
aay DO that the gold vein, or the vein
OR the south side of the canyon is
Separated, and forms h spur, or at
Mis- point, becomes wider and extends
farther to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be well to state that
30 ere xone passes through the dis
kriet in o north-westerly and south
eastsrly direction ana Robinson can
roR cuts through the district in 6
ssuth-easterly course near the middle
Of 2ls ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
Msy were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead it was discovered that
As lead bullion carried a large
amount Of gold. Up,n Investigation
D vss found that the
AULTMAN MINE
VS. furnishing the greater portion of
o. valuable metal The ore of this
Aias was OF such character that it
ssuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
assomposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which baffied the
Aest experienced shelters of the
&hp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so far as smelling
ss was concerned; they however
worked the property in pursuit of
i0a, which was not found in paying
IDENTITIES, but they did develop a
large vein Of ore carrying gold. The
0ins was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Ohis and others secured a lease upon
As mine and worked the property for
Q number of years. They construct
q . mill of ten stamps capacity and
HAussd the ore by crushing and pass
lag the same over eopper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
ed 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
h1gs scale and with a complete mill
NJ plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being sufi-
IDENTITY blocked out, but there are
large quantities Of the average value