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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Cofferdams. 1935-03-01


    • Only 15 more coffer cells to be driven

    • 1935

    • Only 15 more coffer cells to be driven. - Work well along on thirty; hold river up to 990 ft. ; tent town started. - Only 15 more of the big cells of the giant west bank cofferdam remains to the started for the completion of the structure which...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Cofferdams. 1935-03-01
    • State history. State of Washington Government. History of. 1918-03-04


    • Don't forget days when death was driven from the prairies of the west, reminds Gwydir

    • 1918

    • Don't forget days when death was driven from the prairies of the west, reminds Gwydir / by Major R. D. Gwydir.
      - There has been a great lack of interest taken by the public in procuring and preserving historical relies and obtaining reliable...
    • State history. State of Washington Government. History of. 1918-03-04
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-04-25


    • Strike reported on Panama group - crosscut driven to silver-gold fissure- lay plans to develop

    • 1919

    • Strike reported on Panama group - crosscut driven to silver-gold fissure- lay plans to develop - A strike of silver-gold ore has just been made on the Panama group, near Nespelem, Wash., by a Vancouver, B. C. syndicate, headed by H. P. Dickenson, a...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-04-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1918-04-24


    • Washington nears the vein - crosscut in Burke group has been driven 800 feet

    • 1918

    • Washington nears the vein - crosscut in Burke group has been driven 800 feet - The Washington Mining company, operating at the head of Granite creek, expects to reach a vein in the next 50 feed by a crosscut drive 800 feet, according to a report...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1918-04-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Corporations & mergers. 1931-05-07


    • Labor of years taps gold flow.

    • 1931

    • Labor of years taps gold flow. - It took 30 years to consolidate the gold claims on Nevins and Richmond hills south of Butte into one ownership so that a long tunnel could be driven to work them all. But this has been accomplished, the tunnel has...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Corporations & mergers. 1931-05-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1936-02-07


    • Develop mines on Moon Creek

    • 1936

    • Develop mines on Moon Creek.
      On the west fork of Moon Creek the Washington and Idaho Mining company holds 23 claims. A tunnel was driven 1300 feet to explore the vein and a vertical shaft sunk for 376 feet with three levels. An important showing...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1936-02-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1933-11-01


    • Warren dredges increasing gold - gravel many years ahead, inspector says- steady wages enliven town - unity, rescue may run - with these lodes active, roar of early days will be heard again

    • 1933

    • Warren dredges increasing gold - gravel many years ahead, inspector says- steady wages enliven town - unity, rescue may run - with these lodes active, roar of early days will be heard again - The electrically driven dredge of the Warren Dredging...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1933-11-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-28


    • Exploring for ore found near the shaft at surface

    • 1917

    • Exploring for ore found near the shaft at surface - "Crosscuts are proceeding in two directions from the bottom of a 175-foot shaft in the property of the SIlver-Antimony Mining company, Chewelah, Wash.," said G. H. Van Dusen, a stockholder,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-28
    • 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. 1931-07-24


    • Explore deep in big four - Kalispell people will gain 1200-foot depth in tunnel to be driven - Troy mines installs - Diamond Hitch strike scene- Liberty Metals equipping ore at Black Mask

    • 1931

    • Explore deep in big four - Kalispell people will gain 1200-foot depth in tunnel to be driven - Troy mines installs - Diamond Hitch strike scene- Liberty Metals equipping ore at Black Mask - Kalispell people have taken over control of the Big Four...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1931-07-24
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1934-12-17


    • Coulee dam site picture changes hourly as work advances

    • 1934

    • Coulee dam site picture changes hourly as work advances . - Things move fast at the Coulee dam site, with the picture changing daily. Two new developments at the dam are pictured here. In the lower photo are shown the preparations for one of the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1934-12-17
    • State History. Native Americans. Sports. 1935-08-12


    • Nooksack Indians win war canoe race

    • 1935

    • Nooksack Indians win war canoe race. - Thousands of Indians and whites raised a mighty chorus of cheers today when the great war canoe, Question Mark, driven by 11 braves from the Nooksack tribe of Washington, won the international war canoe trophy...
    • State History. Native Americans. Sports. 1935-08-12
    • State history. Title insurance. 1937-03-13


    • Torrens plan would end title insurance racket

    • 1936

    • Torrens plan would end title insurance racket. - Washington people called 'Dumb, Driven, Cattle' for enduring excessive costs of transferring property / by J. M. Edson.
      In some respects are not the people of Washington and some other states just...
    • State history. Title insurance. 1937-03-13
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-01-20


    • Huge steel piling for Coulee dam sets world record

    • 1935

    • Huge steel piling for Coulee dam sets world record. - Here is the starting of the driving of sheet steel piling at the Grand Coulee dam site, the first step in the diversion of the Columbia river, a project described by engineers as the greatest of...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-01-20
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-03-01


    • Mason City at Coulee dam gets brand new fire truck

    • 1935

    • Mason City at Coulee dam gets brand new fire truck. - Mason City at the Grand Coulee dam took delievery of the newest piece of fire apparatus in this Seagrave 500-gallon pumper unit with booster tank. The bright red vehicle was driven to the dam...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-03-01

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