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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Accidents. Drownings. 1935-03-06


    • Worker at Coulee believed a victim of toppling beam.

    • 1935

    • Worker at Coulee believed a victim of toppling beam. - Tom Newton, 45, topman for the MWAK company employed on cofferdam work, was believed drowned in the Columbia river early this morning when he was hurtled into the water after a big boom crashed...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Accidents. Drownings. 1935-03-06
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. F. 1936-12-06


    • Mrs. Frazer, 87-year-old resident of San Juan Island, believed first white woman to visit Orcas Island

    • 1936

    • Mrs. Frazer, 87-year-old resident of San Juan Island, believed first white woman to visit Orcas Island
      Mrs. M. J. Frazer, who moved to San Juan island with her parents in 1863 and has been a continuous resident of the island for seventy-three...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. F. 1936-12-06
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Excavation. 1938-02-11


    • Coulee dam - Massive cribs to be floated. -

    • 1938

    • Coulee dam - Massive cribs to be floated. - Excavation work is completed on job at blocks 39 and 40. - All excavation work on the cribs at blocks 39 and 40 has been completed, C. D. Riddle, chief engineer for MWAK, stated today. Yesterday the south...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Excavation. 1938-02-11
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assessments. 1929-01-06


    • Nabob strikes new shoot - parallel and believed to be sydney, says official

    • 1929

    • Nabob strikes new shoot - parallel and believed to be sydney, says official - An assessment of a cent a share on the 2,360,000 shares of the Nabob-Silver Lead company outstanding was levied on January 4, according to Herman J. Rossi, president,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assessments. 1929-01-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1929-06-14


    • Hecla extension will sink shaft

    • 1929

    • Hecla extension will sink shaft - The Hecla Extension Mining company has let a contract to sink 100 feet on its property adjoining the Hecla on the west. A drift has been run 1500 feet on the 600-foot level on the vein which is believed to be the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1929-06-14
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1923-11-13


    • Strikes shoot in two states - Jack Waite enteres ore in Montana believed to be same as cut in Idaho - width not disclosed - body 40 feet wide in Idaho, says engineer- faces 600 feet apart in two states

    • 1923

    • Strikes shoot in two states - Jack Waite enteres ore in Montana believed to be same as cut in Idaho - width not disclosed - body 40 feet wide in Idaho, says engineer- faces 600 feet apart in two states - The massive ore bearing body, reported...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1923-11-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1927-04-02


    • Tamarack cuts more ore

    • 1927

    • Tamarack cuts more ore.
      New body believed to be in Snowy Peak. Three feet of lead has been struck in a northerly drive from the No. 7 tunnel of the Tamarack & Custer Consolidated Mining company, according to a Wallace, Idaho, report. It is...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1927-04-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-05


    • Strike in Deer Trail - units reports six feet of $73 ore - believed to indicate shoot for 300 feet- crew ready for winter work

    • 1928

    • Strike in Deer Trail - units reports six feet of $73 ore - believed to indicate shoot for 300 feet- crew ready for winter work - Another discovery has been made on the property of the Deer Trail Units, two miles north of the Venus mine in the Deer...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-20


    • New shoot in Lookout - believed to have been paralleled by drift

    • 1928

    • New shoot in Lookout - believed to have been paralleled by drift - High grade ore in a body three to four feet wide has been struck on the lowest tunnel level of the Lookout Mountain mine, near Pine creek in the Coeur d'Alene region, according to...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-20
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1936-11-24


    • Sandbars in Columbia believed to hold gold

    • 1936

    • Sandbars in Columbia believed to hold gold.
      The Dalles, Nov. 23 (AP)-Gold dredging on the bars of the Columbia river near Kennewick, Wash., on a large scale appeared a possibility as a result of substantial returns shown by operators working on...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1936-11-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1936-11-24


    • Sandbars in Columbia believed to hold gold

    • 1936

    • Sandbars in Columbia believed to hold gold.
      The Dalles, Nov. 23 (AP)-Gold dredging on the bars of the Columbia river near Kennewick, Wash., on a large scale appeared a possibility as a result of substantial returns shown by operators working on...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1936-11-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Floods. 1938-04-24


    • Wallace water believed safe despite flood -- crews continue clean up.

    • 1938

    • Wallace water believed safe despite flood -- crews continue clean up. - Fear that water might have been contaminated by Monday's overflow of Placer creek and other streams of this region was dispelled today when F. A. Merfeld, manager of the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Floods. 1938-04-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-23


    • Tarbox drifts for ore - body believed to be 200 feet ahead on 800 level

    • 1917

    • Tarbox drifts for ore - body believed to be 200 feet ahead on 800 level - A drift on the 800 foot level of the Tarbox mine. Saltese, Mont., lacks 200 feet of ap oint above which ore was developed on teh 600-foot level, according to Richard Daxon,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-23

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