The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-07-17
ROBINSON DISTRICT
a DnsCRIPTION OF ITS EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

Ryan range Of mountains, near the
eva of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
ssas Of them, located as ca as
tesS. about the time OF the discov-
spy Of the celebrated White Pine
Mining district. They were at first
believed TO be silver-lead mines and
were worked for that kind of min
sSAi. A smelling furnace was erect
u fer the purpose of working the
ssss, and considerable Of 1t was re-
Aussd In that way, but at that early
day smelling had not got to that de-
gree Of perfectit that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
A>psd.
From the surface indications and
ne .iiscinct character of ore found in
lhis district it is the judgment of many
Mat there are two ore veins that are
ssparated 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 tho south side of
ths 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
Ap,ilar to those on the south side of
Me 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
nay be that tho gold vein, or the vein
on the south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms a spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
further to the north and beyond the
banyon.
Befora proceeding further in this
description it will be well to state that
ne ore zone passes through the dis
trlet in q north-westerly and south
sAstsrly direction ana Robinson can
zen cuts through the district in
asuth- easterly course near the middle
81 the 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 it was discovered that
As lead bullion carried large
aneunt Of gold. Up,n investigation
b vas found that the
AULTNAN MINE
Wss furnishing tho greater portion of
~ valuable metal. -. -. The ore of this
= AiAs was Of such character that it
sssld not be reduced rapidly, it being
asssmposed quartz, large portion of
which was clay, which baffied the
asst experienced shelters of the
AMp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine SO far as smelling
sss was conserned; they however
worked the property in pursuit of
lad, which was not found in paying
Quantities, but they did develop a
large vein Of ore carrying gold. The
sine was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Underhill, Nc
0nis and others secured lease upon
~ zains and worked the property for
. number Of years. They construct
q mill of ten stamps capacity and
DAussd the ore by crushing and pass
Ing the same over copper-silvered
plates. The process was incomplete
snA the loss too great to make it prof
liable. Under this lease they devel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
As made profitable by working on
hYgs scale and with complete mill
Mg plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being suffi-
asAtly blocked out, but there are
large quantities Of the average value
Of 20 per ton in gold. THIS is the
property of Governor Mckinley, Geo.