WSU Libraries

Digital Collections

Add or remove other collections to your search:



 

Narrow your search by:



You've searched:

Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Description: hole
(109 results)



Display: 20

    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1934-12-24


    • Rattlesnake canyon will soon cease to be hole in ground

    • 1934

    • Rattlesnake canyon will soon cease to be hole in ground. - Take a good look at this "hole in the ground," for it may never again be seen. Certainly not if one waits until the Coulee dam is finished before visiting the dam site, for this is...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1934-12-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1937-01-31


    • Mineral Point starts 2D hole

    • 1937

    • Mineral Point starts 2D hole - No time is being lost by the Coeur d'Alene Mines corporation in determining the merits of a 13-foot vein encountered last week in diamond drilling on the 1000-foot or main haulage level of its Mineral Point mine....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1937-01-31
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-08-07


    • Bit of scenery where Columbia plays tag with excavation work at Coulee dam

    • 1935

    • Bit of scenery where Columbia plays tag with excavation work at Coulee dam. - Just a few weeks ago the big hole in the left hand corner of this picture was filled with water. The view shows the east side excavation for the Coulee dam foundation,...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Progress of construction. 1935-08-07
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Bridges. 1935-11-05


    • Coulee dam, Pioneers back in first hole

    • 1935

    • Coulee dam, Pioneers back in first hole. - Goodfellow brothers again moving earth--Spoilbank goes roaming. - The red-and-silver Lima shovel of Goodfellow Brothers, who moved the first yard of dirt excavated for the foundations of the dam, was at...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Bridges. 1935-11-05
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Equipment. 1934-11-08


    • Hole will grow at Coulee dam

    • 1934

    • Hole will grow at Coulee dam. - MWAK officials prepare for start of excavation--Gear being assembled. - The day is not far distant when excavation will be carried on at the dam site on an immense scale and plans are being made by MWAK officials to...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Equipment. 1934-11-08
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Photographs. 1937-05-16.


    • How the Grand Coulee dam looks today
      Blasting in the wake of jackhammer drilling
      Completed foundation section of the river barrier
      Rocks are trucked away from their age-old home
      Blocks of concrete and steel rising to form a 150-mile...

    • 1937

    • How the Grand Coulee dam looks today
      Blasting in the wake of jackhammer drilling. - Left--Several times daily dynamite is set off in holes drilled into the former river bed. This blast scene is in area B.
      Completed foundation section of the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee Dam. Construction. Photographs. 1937-05-16.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1933-04-02


    • Valley farm yielding gold - had been source of magnesite until pole hole digger saw yellow

    • 1933

    • Valley farm yielding gold - had been source of magnesite until pole hole digger saw yellow - For years George Buck has had a farm south-west of town. Nearly every one expects a farm to yield a living and something in addition. Under some conditions...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1933-04-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1935-11-02


    • Merger Mines on 4th hole

    • 1935

    • Merger Mines on 4th hole.
      Morris Pearson, president of the Merger Mines corporation, whose principal property is east of the Sunshine mine in the Coeur d'Alene mining district, reports that the organization consists of 800 to 900 stockholders in...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1935-11-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1936-05-05


    • Silver struck by Tourmaline

    • 1936

    • Silver struck by Tourmaline.
      Only mile from Elkhorn, source of millions, engineer reports. "Diamond drill results of the last two weeks on property of Tourmaline Gold Mines, Inc., in the Elkhorn mining district, Jefferson county, Mont., show...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1936-05-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1932-11-14


    • Digs fortune in 30 minutes.

    • 1932

    • Digs fortune in 30 minutes. - Jordan, spokane miner, takes $10,000 from hole in swauk, wenatchee reports. - Brother, too, enriched. - But refuses to mine more than needs, fearing salesmen, taxes and banks. - Ollie Jordan of Spokane scooped $10,000...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1932-11-14
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-05-28


    • Uprooted tree meant wealth

    • 1928

    • Uprooted tree meant wealth.
      Whitedelf mine holds romance of sheer accident. Clark Fork, Idaho, May 26.-Mining is forever reiterating its story of fortunes and misfortunes, of good luck and bad, as in the case of the Whitedelf mine near Clark...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-05-28

QuickView

Display a larger image and more item information when the pointer pauses over a thumbnail
on off
 

Layout options:

Thumbnail with title
Grid with smaller thumbnails and more detail
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
 
OK
Select the collections to add or remove from your search
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
 
OK