The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-03-13
ROBINSON DISTRICT
DESCRIPTION OF ITS EXTENT
AND RESOURCES.

bko Ceubrhl laoihS Ae"ilio"u3 "S
Byan range Of mountains, near the
swn'e o.. Ely, the county seat.
The mines of this district were,
sem of them, located as ca as
1869, about the time of the discov-
sss 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
sral. A smelling furnace was erect
ii fer the purpose of working the
ores, and considerable of it was re-
dussd in that way, but at that early
DAY smelling had not got to that de-
gree of perfection that it has since
attained, and this process was aban-
A~nsd.
l From the surface indications and
eAe distinct character of ore found in
this district it Is the judgment of many
Mat. 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 tho vein on the south side of
the canyon contains ore that is valua-
1sttt
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
dxilar 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
she north and higher on the mountain
ara Of the silver-lead character. 1t
may BIZ that the gold vein, or the vein
en- tho south side of the canyon is
separated, and forms a spur, or at
this point, becomes wider and extends
fertilizer to the north and beyond the
canyon.
Before preceding further in this
description it will be well to state that
@s ere zone passes through the dis
trist in q north-westerly and south
eastsrly direction ana Robinson can
yon cuts through the district i'll a
ssuth-easterly course near the middle
Il The ore II
Returning again to the work done
IA the early days of the district, while
they were prospecting chiefly for sill
YER and lead it was discovered that
The lead bullion carried a large
sraeunt Of gold. Up,n investigation
Il was found that the
AULTMAN MIN
Wss furnishing the greater portion of
o. valuable metal. - The ore of this
Afas was of such character that it
ssuld not be reduced rapidly. it being
assomposed quartz, a large portion of
which was clay, which bafled the
aaost experienced smelters of the
camp. 1t was at last concluded to
abandon this mine SO far as smelling
sss 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
sine was left in this condition until
1887, when Messrs. Undcrhill, Nc
0Ris and others secured a lease upon
the mine and worked the property for
aaumber OF years. They construct
q = mill of ten stamps capacity and
ndussd the ore by crushing and pass
ins the same over copper-silyered
plates. The process was incomplete
sd the loss too great to make it prof
table. Under this lease they devel-
spsd large quantities of ore that can
- made profitable by working on a
arge scale and with a complete mill
ing plant. 1t would be difficult to
estimate the amount of ore developed
in the Aultman, it not being sufii-
IDENTITY blocked out, but there are
large quantities of the average value
Of &S per ton in gold. This is the