The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1899-05-18
FINE SHOWING IN THE ROBUST
Large Ore Body and High Values
In Gold and Copper.

In Gold and Copper.
The sacking Of gold ore To- shipment
to Salt Lake city, Is something that
the most enthusiastic believers in the
future of this camp never predicted, yet
that Is what Is going on At the present
time at the Robust mine.
This mine, when it was first taken
hold Of about ls months ago by the
men who now constitute the largest
shareholders Ia the Ely Mining & Mill
! ing Co, was mere prospect OF very
doubtful merit, but it is now assuming
the proportions of mine and rich
one at that.
In company with r. c Weber and
Manager c. S. Davis, the NEWS man
visited the property yesterday after
noon and was surprised at tho great
change that has taken place since the
last time he visited H. The shaft that
was then down scarcely GO feet, has been
sunk to depth Of l50 #. At point
about 10 feet down, eight men are now
at work, opening up an immense stope
and blocking out the ore on which the
mill will be started up as SO n as the
repairs arrive, which are now daily ex-
pected. Drifts are being run and the
ore propped up on stulls ready to be
knocked down.
On this level two caves have been en-.
countered, that give some idea of the
magnitude of the ore bolv. One of
these apparently extends along the vein
and can be followed distance of IS #.
from the shaft. The other crosses the
vein and extends clear to the hanging
wall, which is porphyry and is perfect
" true and regular. At this point the
chute Is fully 10 feet wide. The foot
wall Is lime and these caves are lined
with a thin crust Of calcareous crystals,
but except for an occasional lime bold
er, and the prophyry above mentioned,
the walls of.the caves are all in ore.
The vein is evidently true issure vein
and can be traced for "a long distance
on the surface, in northeasterly and
southwesterly direction.
The values Of the ore are as much
surprise to the management as the
size Of the body. Tho first hundred
tons taken out and milled, though not
carefully sorted averaged over $40
ton in gold, hut the chute Is now full Of
ore which Mr.. Davis informs us will go
80 ton and the whole face OF the
stope i in this class Of ore Il Is hard
iinty quartz mixed with dark iron,
and is not free milling butyields readily
to the cyanide process.
The richest ore yet encountered, and
that which is being tgke1 ont for ship
meut, Is streak Of honey-combed
blue quartz, lying near the footwall.
from which II j. separated by about
foot of yellow ochre. This quartz az
frat was only few inches in width, bu
Is now widening out. It's value is from
400 to 500 70 the ton This same
character Of ore was encountered some
! time ago IN the lower workings from
wli'h shipment vas made TO the
smelters
\ body Of copper has also been en-.
countered in both the 50-ft, and iOo-ft
levels from which shipment wac made
TO salt Lake City a couple Of months
ago. This ore is apparently a separate
formation, crossing the gold vein, and
carries from . TO 20 per cent copper.
Little prospect work has yet been
done below the 7o-ft. level, owing to
the inadequate hoistiug facilities, but
enough has been done to demonstrate
that the ore bodies are still going down
at depth of l50 feet The company
has already spent a considerable sum of
money in development work, and evil
IDENTITY mean business. They have also
recently acquired several additional
claims adjoining the Robust group, on
which they have two men prospecting.