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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1936-03-18


    • Get 450 feet depth on surface discovery

    • 1936

    • Get 450 feet depth on surface discovery.
      Wallace, Idaho, March 17.-A drift being cut by the Lucky Boy Mines corporation in the Big creek district has been extended 900 feet and a depth of 450 feet attained on the ledge, Henry Giguere, president,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1936-03-18
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Bridges. 1934-12-20


    • Span to link newest towns

    • 1934

    • Span to link newest towns. - State's $450,000 cantilever bridge to carry traffic across Columbia river. - Caisoons to bedrock. - Supports for superstructure rest on granite--High cable used on work. - Connecting what will be soon the state's newest...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Bridges. 1934-12-20
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1938-01-25


    • 11 million asked for Bonneville.

    • 1938

    • 11 million asked for Bonneville. - A $11,450,000 appropriation for Bonneville dam will be asked of the House Appropriations Committee tomorrow by Representative Pierce, Democrat, Oregon.
      Budget estimates proposed only $1,450,000 but Pierce...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1938-01-25
    • State history. Native Americans. Allotments. 1924-01-11


    • Pay cash to 2515 Indians

    • 1924

    • Pay cash to 2515 Indians.- Government to distribute $75,450 to wards on Colville reservation. - A per capita cash payment to about 2515 Indians living on the Colville Indian reservation in eastern Washington was authorized by the secretary of the...
    • State history. Native Americans. Allotments. 1924-01-11
    • State history. Native Americans. Land & property sales. 1915-10-26


    • Indian land, 380 acres at $21,450

    • 1915

    • Indian land, 380 acres at $21,450. - Is divided into six tracts scattered throughout Nez Perce reservation. - Once parcel all pasture. - Some of the land is 11 miles from markets, some nearer. - A sale of Indian land held at the Nez Perce Indian...
    • State history. Native Americans. Land & property sales. 1915-10-26
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1936-06-14


    • Trucks play part in building Coulee dam!

    • 1936

    • Trucks play part in building Coulee dam!. - Excavation of fifteen million cubic yards of overburden was one of the initial steps in the construction of the Grand Coulee dam. When completed, the dam will be 4300 feet long at the crest, 500 feet high...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1936-06-14
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1934-09-10


    • Pour concrete for Bonneville project.

    • 1934

    • Pour concrete for Bonneville project. - First concrete was poured into the foundation of the power house on the $32,450,000 Bonneville power and navigation project Sunday. No celebration or festivities marked the occasion
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Construction. 1934-09-10
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Photographs. 1936-10-08


    • At work on Grand Coulee dam on upper Columbia

    • 1936

    • At work on Grand Coulee dam on upper Columbia. - Excavation of fifteen million cubic yards of overburden was one of the initial steps in the construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, the gigantic Federal project on the Upper Columbia River in north...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Photographs. 1936-10-08
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Power. 1938-01-06


    • Bonneville funds going for lines.

    • 1938

    • Bonneville funds going for lines. - The Bonneville distribution project, for which President Roosevelt recommended an appropriation of $1,450,000, involves only construction of transmission lines for current generated at the dam, it was explained...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Power. 1938-01-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Booms. 1921-03-02


    • Superior, Mont., sees bug 1921 mining boom - mineral county, smallest in state, is naturally wealthy in resources

    • 1921

    • Superior, Mont., sees bug 1921 mining boom - mineral county, smallest in state, is naturally wealthy in resources - Superior, county seat of Mineral county, Montana, is situated on the Clarks fork of the Columbia river, has an estimated population...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Booms. 1921-03-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Corporations & mergers. 1928-01-31


    • New Leadville mines company is reinstated

    • 1928

    • New Leadville mines company is reinstated.
      The New Leadville Mines company, with headquarters in Spokane and capital stock of $450,000, has been reinstated as a Washington corporation, according to advices from Olympia, today. The company was...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Corporations & mergers. 1928-01-31
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1918-01-03


    • Midnight raise finished.

    • 1918

    • Midnight raise finished. - Ore followed 338 feet from morning level. - Crosscut on upper level started for parallel vein, 450 feet distant. - "A raise from the No. 5 level of the Morning mine, Mullan, Idaho, to the Fannie Gremm workings was...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1918-01-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1921-04-10


    • New calidonia pushes work.

    • 1921

    • New calidonia pushes work. - Crosscutting new vein at 450-foot depth. - The New Caledonia Mining company is pushing development work as rapidly as possilbe, with a crew of six men working two eight-hour shifts, according to Milton W. Emmett,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1921-04-10
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1926-05-13


    • Silver in plainview.

    • 1926

    • Silver in plainview. - Runs high but operator does not call it ore. - Shaver in a vein, will drive for another and expects to make a mine. - No ore body has been struck, but stringers and bunches of ore containing as much as 12 per cent lead and...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1926-05-13

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