The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-07-31
ROBINSON DISTRICT
"A DRaCHIPTION OF ITS EXTENT
AND RnaoURCES.

sAssd In White Pine county, Nevada,
enc hundred and fifty miles south of
the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Hsan range Of mountains, near the
swn Of Ely, the county seat.
Tbs mines of this district we're,
come Of them, located a. ca as
1883, about the time Of the discov-
ory Of the celebrated White Pine
mining district. They we're at first
believed TO be silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
ssal. A smelling furnace was Greet
"a fer the purpose Of working the
sfss, and considerable of 1t was re-
laced In that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree of perfectic that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
acnsd.
From the surface Indications and
The ,liscipct character of ore found in
Ihis district it is the Judgment of many
chat there are two ore veins that are
separated by Robinson canyon. The
vein 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
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
dmilar 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
ths north and higher on the mountain
are Of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
on the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further i'll this
description it will he well to state that
Ne ore zone passes through the dis
eriet In o north westerly and south
sAstsrly direction ana Robinson can
ven cuts through the district in a
south easterly course near the middle
81 the ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
they wore prospecting chiefly for sill
yer and lead it was discovered that
As lead bullion carried large
amount Of gold. Up,n investigation
N vas found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Wss furnishing the greater portion of
o. valuable metal. - The ore of this
Ains was of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
desomposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffled the
nest experienced smelters of the
Mmp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so 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
nine was left in this condition until
lsaY, when Messrs. Urderhill, Nc
0Mis and others secured lease upon
~ mine and worked the property for
b number of years. They construct
ID nill of ten stamps capacity and
rsAussd the orc by crushing and pass
ing the same over copper-silvered
plates. Tho process was incomplete
saA the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
be mado profitable by working on a
large scale and with complete mill
nag plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being suffi-
@ently blocked out, but there are