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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-09-20


    • Golconda hits rich ore body

    • 1936

    • Golconda hits rich ore body.
      A raise connecting the Golconda adit tunnel with the lower east Mayflower tunnel has been completed. A rich body of ore is being followed downward at intervals by drifts from the raise. As the ore body is raking...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-09-20
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assessments. 1938-06-07


    • Mineral Point drives in July

    • 1938

    • Mineral Point drives in July - With the proceeds of the last two assessments the Coeur d'Alene Mines corporation met all its indebtedness, including the purchase of mining claims held under option, additional equipment for sinking, and the sinking...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assessments. 1938-06-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Deep mines. 1937-06-18


    • Liberal king mine will go down deep.

    • 1937

    • Liberal king mine will go down deep. - Deep shaft operations are being considered as the next major development move at the Liberal King mine on Pine Creek in the Coeur d'Alenes, where a fine showing of ore has been made on the deep tunnel level...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Deep mines. 1937-06-18
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1930-02-28


    • Morning mine opens crosscut

    • 1930

    • Morning mine opens crosscut.
      About a mile below the surface, on the 3650-foot level below the adit, the Morning mine at Mullan, Idaho, is running a crosscut to the vein which is expected to bring it into the ore in about two weeks. The distance...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1930-02-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1931-01-07


    • Whitedelf sinks to low levels

    • 1931

    • Whitedelf sinks to low levels.
      Shaft penetrates to 750-foot depth-shipping three to four carloads monthly. The shaft from the adit tunnel level of the Whitedelf mine near Clark Fork, Idaho, has been sunk to the 400-foot depth, according to...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1931-01-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1929-04-13


    • Rapid driving of wild horse

    • 1929

    • Rapid driving of wild horse.
      1018 feet on way toward Yankee Girl ore-500-ton mill under consideration. Rapid progress is being made in the advance of the Wild Horse adit on the Yankee Girl mine of the Yankee Girl Consolidated mines, in...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1929-04-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1936-07-31


    • Crosscut hits polaris vein.

    • 1936

    • Crosscut hits polaris vein. - The Silver Summit crosscut, deep haulage adit for the Polaris, has been extended to the Polaris vein, sound of the main shaft, a distance of about 280 feet on the dip from the shaft level, 100 feet above the tunnel...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1936-07-31
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1937-06-17


    • Liberal king plans deep shaft workings.

    • 1937

    • Liberal king plans deep shaft workings. - Stockholders pleased at ore showing on tunnel level. - Deep shaft operations are now being considered as the next major development move at the Liberal King mine on Pine creek where a fine showing of ore...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1937-06-17
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1937-06-18


    • Liberal king mine will go down deep.

    • 1937

    • Liberal king mine will go down deep. - Deep shaft operations are being considered as the next major development move at the Liberal King mine on Pine Creek in the Coeur d'Alenes, where a fine showing of ore has been made on the deep tunnel level...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1937-06-18
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-10-25


    • Sunshine finds riches of ore.

    • 1929

    • Sunshine finds riches of ore. - Tunnel below 1300-foot level adds much to mine's proven body. - Sunshine, the premier new mine of the Coeur d'Alenes, has cut its ore body on the new low level 1300 feet below the adit tunnel, and the ore is said to...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-10-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-04-02


    • New ore found in Bunker Hill

    • 1935

    • New ore found in Bunker Hill.
      Lies in heretofore unexplored areas 2000 feet below tunnel and 2 levels lower. New ore of the Bunker Hill type has been exposed by development in unexplored areas to the westward on No. 19 level, 2000 feet below the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-04-02

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