The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-05-22
ROBINSON DISTRICT
A pRsCRIPryoN OF IT'S EXTENT
AND REaOUEJEs.

she Central Pacific Railroad, IN the
BTan range of mountains, near the
swn of Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district we're,
come of them, located es ca az
1883, about the time of the discov-
sry of the celebrated White Pine
hinihg district They were At first
Believed TO be silyer-lead mines and
we're worked for that kind of min
sfal. A smelling furnace was erect
ID fer the purpose of working the
srss, and considerable of it was re
aueed in that way, but nj that early
Day smelling had not got 70 that de-
gree of perfectic that it has since
attained. and this process was aban-
a>ned.
From the surface indications and
the ,iisrinct character of ore found in
this district 1t is the Judgment of many
t!at 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
&a,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
t.,9 north and higher on tho mountain
ara of the silver-lead character. 1t
may be that the gold VEN, or the vein
on the south. sile Of tie canyon is
separated, and forms a spar, or al
A.is point, becomes Wider a'f3 eStauas
farther to tie north and beyond The
canyon.
before preceding further 81. Els
desert, ion it will be we]l to stqte Ed
is:s ore zone passes thi"asa the d.
s.'irt in " north-westarly and uat.s-
ar terly direction ana Robinson aaa-
yon cuts through the district IN
ssuth- easterly course near The laid6.a
sf the ore zone.
Returning again to the wells dom
ia She early days Of the district, Will
shey wore prospecting chiefly Cor 81
YER and lead it was discovered that
re lead oulliop carried a large
amount of gold. Upon investigation
~ was found that the
AULTMAN MINE
Vas furnishing the greater portion of
- valuable metal. = The ore of this
Aias was of such character that it
ssuld not be reduced rapidly, it being
1ssamposed quart, 4 large portion Of
which was clay, which baiiled the
&sst experienced smeltels of the
Amp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine so far as smelling
ere was conOerned; they however
worked the property i'll pursuit OF
LEAD, which was not found in paying
Quantities, but they did develop
large vein of ore carrying gold, The
1897, when Messrs. Underhill, Me
0sie and others secured lease upon
Ne mine and worked the property for
number of years. They construct
- mill of ten stamps capacity and
sedussd the ore by crushing and pass
ing the same over coppersilyered
plates The process was incomplete
End the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they deyel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
be made profitable by working ON
Args scale and with a complete mill
mg plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
In the Aultman, it not being suai-
silently blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of 80 per ton in gold. This is the
property of Governor Mckinley, Geo.
,. Saxton and Marshall Barbour of