The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-07-24
ROBINSON DISTINCT
A DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.


one hundred and fifty miles south of
she Central Pacific Railroad, in the
gxan range of mountains, near the
swn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
GENE of them, located as en- as
1853, about the time of the discov
cry of the celebrated White Pine
aiming district. They vera At first
believed TO be silver-load mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
sYal. A smelling furnace was erect
d for the purpose of working the
ep4s, and considerable of it vas re-
aaeed in that way, but 4! that early
Day smelling had not got to that de-
gree Of perfectio n that it has since
attained, and this process was aban-
de7ed.
From the surface indications and
the distinct character of ore found III
This district IT is the Judgment of many
that there are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
yein on the north side OF the canyon
contains ore that is valuable largely
IN silver, lead and very little gold,
whilo the vein on the south side of
the canyon contains ore that is yalna-
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
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
are of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that tho gold vein, or the vein
on the south sile OF the canyon is
separated, and forms a spur, OF at
This point, becomes wider and extends
further to tie north and bogaad the
e7nyon.
l'eforo preceding further III This
description it will be we'll to state that
re ore zone passes through the dis
sriet in north westerly and sontb-
eastsrly direction. ana Robinson eau-
yen cuts through the district in
ssuth-easterly course near the middle
Of the ore zone.
Returning again to Che work done
in the early days of the district, while
they were prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead it was discovered that
tAe lead bullion carried a large
amount Of gold. Upon investigation
n was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Was furnishing the greater portion of
thls valuable metal. The ore of this
mine was Of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly. Il being
desomposed quartz, large portion OF
which was clay, which bafled the
most experienced smelters of the
camp 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine 50 far as smelling
ore was coneerned; they however
worked the property in pursuit Of
lead, which was not found in paying
Quantities, but they did develop Il
large VEN of ore carrying gold The
MiEs was left i'll this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Me
Omie and others secured lease upon
tAs mine and worked the property for
namber of years. They construct
81 n mill Of ten stamps capacity and
ssAuesd the ore by crushing and pass
ing tho same over copper-silyered
plates. The process was incomplete
aak the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they deyol-
epsd large quantities of ore that can
be nade profitable by working on
iArge scale and with complete mill
ing plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being sufI-