The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-01-30
ROBINSON DISTRICT
q DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.


8zan range of mountains, near the
swn Of. Ely, the county seat.
Tho mines of this district we're,
ssms of them, located as ca as
1859, about tho 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
sfai. A smelling furnace WAS erect
ID 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 perfection that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
AoRed.
From the surface indications and
che distinct character of ore found i'll
this district 1t is the Judgment of many
shat there are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
sein on the north side Of the canyon
contains ore that is valuable largely
In silver, lead and very little gold,
while tho vein on the south side of
che canyon contains ore that is valua-
BILE 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
Aorth side are, some of them, very
amilar to those on the south side of
ths canyon. This i: especially true
81 tho mines located east Of the Great
Western, while those lying further to
che north and higher on the mountain
arc of tho silver-lcad character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
en- tho south sile of the canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or ~
shis point, becomes wider and extends
fertilizer to the north and be,oud TIN
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be we'll TO state that
re ere zons passes through The dis
trict In north westerly and south-
snstsrly direction ana Robinson can
yoR cuts through the district in .
south easterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
shey were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead il was discovered that
ne lead bullion carried large
amount Of gold Up,n investigation
d vas found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Wa furnishing the greater portion of
81 valuable metal. >. The ore of this
AafAe was of such character that it
ssula not be reduced rapidly. it being
dseomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which bafled the
Asst experienced smelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine SO far as smelling
ere was concerned; they however
worked the property i'll pursuit of
lead, which was not found in paying
quantities, but they did develop
large vein of ore carrying gold The
Ains was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
Onais and others secured "a lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
. number Of years. They construct
81 mill OF ten stamps capacity and
ssduesd 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
fable. Under this lease they devel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
Be made profitable by working on
large scale and with complete mill
Ag plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being sufi-
asntly blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of IS per ton in gold. This is the