The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-03-20
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A DESCRIPTION OF IT'S EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

the Central Pacific Railroad, in the
Cyan range Of mountains, near the
swA OF. Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district were,
ssms of them, Located as ca as
1859, about tho time of the discov-
Spr of the celebrated White Pine
miaing district. They were at first
Believed to be silver-lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
~pal. A smelling furnace was erect
81 for the purpose of working the
spss, and considerable Of it was re-
Aaesd 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
ehs ,iistinnt character of ore found in
shis district It Is the Judgment of many
hat,there 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
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
Auilar to those on the south side of
We canyon. This is especially true
Of the mines located east of the Great
western, while those lying further to
shs north and higher on the mountain
are Of tho silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold vein, or the vein
on tbs south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms a spur, or at
kAis point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before proceeding further in this
description it will be well to state that
As ere zone passes through tho dis
trist In n north-westerly and south
castsrly direction ana Robinson can
geH SUITS through the district in a
south sssterly course near the middle
ef Aie ore zone.
Returning again to the work done
In the early days of the district, while
Asy were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead 1t was discovered that
he lead bullion carried a large
ansunt Of gold. Uptn investigation
d vss found that the
AULTMAN MINE
VS. furnishing tho greater portion of
o. valuable metal - The ore of this
Aias was Of such character that it
could not be reduced rapidly, it being
assomposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which baffled the
Aest experienced smelters of the
0np. 1t was at last concluded to
Abandon this mine so far as smelling
sSs was concerned; they however
vsrksd the property in pursuit of
i@a, which was not found in paying
Quantities, but they did develop a
large vein of ore carrying gold. The
@ins was left in this condition until
1857, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
OAis and others secured a lease upon
As mine and worked the property for
aAumber Of years. They construct
- . nill of ten stamps capacity and
asAused the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same owe copper-silyered
plates. The process was incomplete
ed the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
spsa large quantities of ore that can
bs made profitable by working on a
h,se scale and with a complete mill
~ plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being sufii-
IDENTIFY blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
81 % per ton in gold. This is the
property of Governor Mckinley, Geo.
D. 6axton and Marshall Barbour OF