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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1925-09-18


    • Nine Mile mine makes good strike

    • 1925

    • Nine Mile mine makes good strike - What will be quite an important strike, if the reports are confirmed, has been made by the Nine Mile Mining company which is working its property on the west fork of Nine Mile creek three and a half miles from...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1925-09-18
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1931-04-22


    • Nine mile mine to develop vein

    • 1931

    • Nine mile mine to develop vein.
      The Nine Mile Mining company is arranging to do its annual assessment work on the west side of Nine Mile creek near Wallace, according to Sani Linn, president of the company. A strong vein is being developed on...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1931-04-22
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1936-06-13


    • Nine Mile to follow plans of engineer

    • 1936

    • Nine Mile to follow plans of engineer.
      Wallace, Idaho, June 12.-Carrying out recommendations presented by C.F.O. Merriam, Wallace mining engineer, following a recent examination of the property, the Nine Mile Mining company, Nine Mile gulch,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1936-06-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1935-04-20


    • Rich galena vein in Nine Mile Mine

    • 1935

    • Rich galena vein in Nine Mile Mine.
      It has been long since much mining news has come from the once famous Nine Mile district in the Coeur d'Alenes, but now a report has been received that an eight-foot vein carrying considerable galena has been...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1935-04-20
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1937-07-26


    • Mile of tubes to control lake level

    • 1937

    • Mile of tubes to control lake level. - More than a mile, 6000 feet, of outlet tubing (which are the cylindrical objects seen in this recent photograph taken at Grand Coulee dam site) are to be built in giant Grand Coulee dam by the MWAK company....
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1937-07-26
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Railroad. 1935-03-27


    • Last mile of Ryan road is nearing completion

    • 1935

    • Last mile of Ryan road is nearing completion. - The last mile of steel of the U. S. Construction railway, from Coulee City to the dam site, is being given finishing touches this week by Contractor David H. Ryan. If present progress continues, the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Railroad. 1935-03-27
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Railroad. 1934-03-27


    • Last mile of Ryan road is nearing completion

    • 1934

    • Last mile of Ryan road is nearing completion - The last mile of steel of the U. S. Construction railway, from Coulee City to the dam site, is being given finishing touches this week by Contractor David H. Ryan. If present progress continues, the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Railroad. 1934-03-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1935-09-06


    • Push development at Nine Mile Mine

    • 1935

    • Push development at Nine Mile Mine.
      Power equipment is being installed and new buildings and other improvements have been made at the lower tunnel as part of a systematic development program being pushed by the Nine Mile Mining company,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1935-09-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1937-03-21


    • Morning shoot over mile deep.

    • 1937

    • Morning shoot over mile deep. - Shaft from 5320 feet -- possible ore 7820 feet below apex -- earnings high. - Ore has been developed in the Morning mine of the Federal Mining and Smelting company, near Mullan, Idaho, at points more than a mile...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1937-03-21
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1927-11-02


    • Strike of gold on Yellow Pine

    • 1927

    • Strike of gold on Yellow Pine.
      Quarter of a mile above discovery that started stampede in 1910. Ten mile shows well. But mountain road in poor condition and river highway not completed. The Lone Yellow Pine mine at Hueston, near Newsome, Idaho...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1927-11-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-28


    • Double drive in Ajax - seek veins at points one mile apart near Burke - 600 feet driven from Oom Paul- shaft being sunk from Ajax level

    • 1917

    • Double drive in Ajax - seek veins at points one mile apart near Burke - 600 feet driven from Oom Paul- shaft being sunk from Ajax level - Veins probably will be reached at the same time in operations a mile apart in the property of the Ajax mining...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1928-10-27


    • Lincoln drives for a mile

    • 1928

    • Lincoln drives for a mile.
      Will drift toward Sunshine line 4000 feet distant.
      What is believed to be the Sunshine vein has been encountered by a crosscut driven more than a mile by the Lincoln Mining company, near Kellogg, Idaho, according...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1928-10-27
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-08-29


    • Oiling makes mile a day.

    • 1935

    • Oiling makes mile a day. - The skid-proof oiling on the Speedball highway to the Grand Coulee dam is progressing at about a mile a day, with two camps, one six miles north of here and the other at Steamboat rock.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-08-29
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Maps & aerial views. 1936-08-16


    • Grand Coulee Dam

    • 1936

    • Grand Coulee Dam. - While all the world has heard of man's greatest endeavor involving natural resources--the construction of a huge dam at Grand Coulee, Wash., to impound the waters of the Columbia--comparatively few are aware that Grand Coulee,...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Maps & aerial views. 1936-08-16
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-08-25


    • Where difference of one inch is bad as mile

    • 1935

    • Where difference of one inch is bad as mile. - This picture of the $430,000 steel bridge over the Columbia at the Grand Coulee dam was taken while engineers puzzled over what to do to safeguard the structure. For two weeks pressure from earth piled...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-08-25

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