The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-05-29
NesINsON DISTRICT
A DESCRIPTION OF ITS EXTENT
AND REsOUaVE&.

mated IN W lllt9 zine county, NeN"'t1;
enc hundred and fifty miles south OF
she Central Pacific Railroad, IN the
Ryan range of mountains, near the
swn of Ely, the county seat.
Tbs mines of this district we're,
sme of them, located as ca as
1859, about tho time of the discov-
cry of the celebrated White Pine
aiaing district They were Mt first
Believed TO be silver lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
sral A smelling furnace was erect
ed fer the purpose of working the
sras, and considerable of 1t was re-
aaced 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 ,iistirct 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 thai 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-
BILE largely in gold and very little
cad and silver. This is not tie 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
the north and higher on the mountain
arc of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
on ths south sile of the canyon Is
separated, and forms a spur, on at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to Ire north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further III this
description it will BE- web to state lint
b. ora zone passes through the dis
trirt in north-westerly and soath-
esstsrly direction ana Robinson can
yen cuts through the district in 4
South easteriy 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
the lead bullion carried large
amount of gold. Up, n investigation
L. was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Vas furnishing the greater portion of
this valuable metal. The ore of this
mine was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly. it being
decomposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which battlcd the
most experienced smeltcrs of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine 50 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
mine was left in this condition until
las7, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
0naie and others secured lease upon
tae mine and worked the property for
a Number of years. They construct
~ mill of ten stamps capacity and
Neduaed the ore by crushing and pass
ing the same over copper-silyered
plates. The process was incomplete
aAA the loss too great to make it prof
fable. Under this lease they devel-
eped large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working on a
argo scale and with complete mill
ing plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being sufii-
ciently blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value