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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Associations. 1925-02-05


    • Neill addresses mining meeting - tells of hardships encountered in making producers pay

    • 1925

    • Neill addresses mining meeting - tells of hardships encountered in making producers pay - R. K. Neill of Spokane and Elmer Middlecoff of Mayo, Yukon territory, Alaska, spoke at a luncheon of the Northwest Mining association meeting in the Spokane...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Associations. 1925-02-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1919-02-07


    • Big vein is cut by Old Hickory - body 10 feet wide encountered by tunnel at depth of 500 feet - reveals galena streaks - drift will follow vein 800 feet to line of the Federal Mine

    • 1919

    • Big vein is cut by Old Hickory - body 10 feet wide encountered by tunnel at depth of 500 feet - reveals galena streaks - drift will follow vein 800 feet to line of the Federal Mine - The Old Hickory Mining company, operating near Mullan, Idaho, has...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1919-02-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1923-10-28


    • Old Dominion ore again rich - new strike reported is said to be best yet encountered in mine

    • 1923

    • Old Dominion ore again rich - new strike reported is said to be best yet encountered in mine - The richest strike ever made at the Old Dominion mine was made a few days ago by the crew working there at present under the supervision of W. H. Linney,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1923-10-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1937-01-09


    • Silver lead reported at silver king.

    • 1937

    • Silver lead reported at silver king. - A raise on ore entered when a crosscut encountered a vein at a depth of 1200 feet, is under way at the Liberal King property on Pine creek. The raise has encountered what its operators declare to be an...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1937-01-09
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-03-06


    • Alameda cuts two stringers - disclosed on same horzon as the success tunnel

    • 1918

    • Alameda cuts two stringers - disclosed on same horzon as the success tunnel - The ALameda Mining company, after drifting 100 feet on its ledge, has encountered stringers of lead-zinc ore. According to Manager R. R. Catching two stringers of ore...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-03-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1931-04-26


    • Metaline in new shoot - crosscuts 17 feet without finding wall, report

    • 1931

    • Metaline in new shoot - crosscuts 17 feet without finding wall, report - After passing through zinc ore for 70 feet, the lower tunnel on the Bella May mine of the Metaline Mining and Leasing company encountered a slip, that cut off the ore,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1931-04-26
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1938-01-16


    • Finishing up the dangerous work on giant dam

    • 1938

    • Finishing up the dangerous work on giant dam. - Using lifebelts in case of a false step, workmen are shown here at the Grand Coulee dam operating specially constructed "pinchers" for pulling piling from cofferdams. Much difficulty in pulling the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1938-01-16
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-04-20


    • Say basin bill has good path

    • 1937

    • Say basin bill has good path. - No serious difficulty should be encountered in congress in the passage of the Columbia basin anti-speculation land bill, in the opinions of J. B. Fink, director of conservation and development, and Frank A. Banks,...
    • State history. Columbia Basin. Land speculation. 1937-04-20
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Bridges. 1936-03-13


    • Coulee dam, clay and sand hard to handle

    • 1936

    • Coulee dam, clay and sand hard to handle. - Pneumatic drills necessary on pier jobs--Pictures are narrative. - A curious mixture of extremely hard clay and a soft, flowing sand mixed with water, is one of the difficulties encountered on the work...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Bridges. 1936-03-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Appointments & resignations. 1938-05-08


    • New official directs Aurora

    • 1938

    • New official directs Aurora - The ore body encountered recently by the long tunnel of the Aurora Mining company in the Coeur d'Alene region of Idaho has increased in width to 30 inches with the advance of the drift, according to H. H. Underhill,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Appointments & resignations. 1938-05-08
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1934-11-28


    • Riches in metropolitan - streaks narrow but high in silver, says attorney

    • 1934

    • Riches in metropolitan - streaks narrow but high in silver, says attorney - After years of persistence, the Metropolitan Mines corporation, on Big creek near Kellogg, Idaho, has encountered its first impressive indication of ore. It consists of two...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1934-11-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1935-11-01


    • Give assay returns

    • 1935

    • Give assay returns - A seam encountered this week at the Plainview property in teh dry ore belt of the Coeur d'Alenes gave assay returns of 12.8 ounces in silver, according to R. S. Merriam, engineer in charge.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1935-11-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1935-12-21


    • Reports ore find in McFarren Gulch

    • 1935

    • Reports ore find in McFarren Gulch - A vei carrying assay values of 52.4 per cent lead, 19 ounces silver and .02 ounces gold for a gross of $62.49 per ton, was located in the Freeman Sites property at the head of McFarren gulch in the dry ore belt...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1935-12-21
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1938-01-23


    • New body rich in Metropolitan

    • 1938

    • New body rich in Metropolitan - An assay of 54.2 per cent lead, 32 ounces of silver, 8 per cent copper and .12 of an ounce of gold was obtained from samples of the lead-silver ore encountered in teh last round of the Metropolitan shaft, according...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1938-01-23

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