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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Description: improvement
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    • State history. Stocks & bonds. 1926-10-29


    • To guard bond buyers
      Move begun to amend improvement district issues laws.

    • 1926

    • To guard bond buyers
      Move begun to amend improvement district issues laws.
      As the opening wedge of a state-wide drive to protect taxpayers of cities and purchasers of local improvement district bonds from the loss of hundreds of thousands of...
    • State history. Stocks & bonds. 1926-10-29
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Business conditions. 1927-12-02


    • 1928 good year for lumber - Material improvement forecast by Long Bell co. executive

    • 1927

    • 1928 good year for lumber - Material improvement forecast by Long Bell co. executive - Prediction that the present depression in the lumber industry will be followedby a "material improvement" during the coming year was made in a statement issued...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Business conditions. 1927-12-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-25


    • Better ore in Sunshine - improvement found in each successive level

    • 1928

    • Better ore in Sunshine - improvement found in each successive level - The grade and width of ore in the 700-foot level of the Sunshine Mining company is better than above nd in 200 feet of drifting on the 900-foot, reached recently, a further...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1936-09-02


    • New n.w.i mine will be worked by veteran men.

    • 1936

    • New n.w.i mine will be worked by veteran men. - Old no. 7 biggest producer in field, is closed down. - Spending $25,000 on what they call an "experiment," officials of the Northwestern Improvement company are opening a new hill mine to afford work...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1936-09-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1935-06-21


    • Old N W I ledger reveals date of first mining.

    • 1935

    • Old N W I ledger reveals date of first mining. - The first ton of coal was mined here in December, 1886, according to an old ledger unearthed here this week in the files of the Northwestern Improvement company coal office.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1935-06-21
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1936-02-03


    • Columbia river improvement plan gets endorsement.

    • 1936

    • Columbia river improvement plan gets endorsement. - Channel improvements in the Columbia river from Vancouver, Wash., to Bonneville dam, a distance of approximately 40 miles, opening the Columbia river as far inland as The Dalles, about 190 miles...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Locks & navigation. 1936-02-03
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Surveys. 1938-01-19


    • Lumber mill improvement forecast here - low point in consumption reached and prospects brighter, according to survey

    • 1938

    • Lumber mill improvement forecast here - low point in consumption reached and prospects brighter, according to survey - The low point of lumber consumption due to the recession has been reached and prospects for the industry appear brighter,...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Surveys. 1938-01-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assessments. 1919-08-07


    • Tarbox levies improvement tax

    • 1919

    • Tarbox levies improvement tax - Directors of the Tarbox Mining company have decided to levy a 10-mill assessment, which will bring in about $15,000, to be applied on the coast of a concentrator. The size of the new plant has not been determined.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assessments. 1919-08-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Business conditions. 1934-07-27


    • The mining industry sees improvement.

    • 1934

    • The mining industry sees improvement. - As a relief from the Irish dividends that have been all too numerous in many instances, owners of stock in Inland Empire mines are beginning to see the light. There are increasing signs that profits may be...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Business conditions. 1934-07-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-11-12


    • Empire hits copper ore - further depth is expected to reveal improvement

    • 1916

    • Empire hits copper ore - further depth is expected to reveal improvement - Copper bearing ore in a body of undetermined width has been entered at a depth of 600 feet in the property of the Empire Copper company, on the Little North fork, Coeur...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-11-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-09-13


    • Gay likes Bobby mine - says ore improvement is remarkable - Galenn follows foot and hanging walls in shaft being sunk

    • 1928

    • Gay likes Bobby mine - says ore improvement is remarkable - Galenn follows foot and hanging walls in shaft being sunk - "Recent discoveries at the Bobby Anderson mine are of large importance to the Pine creek district," said Evans Gay of Kellogg,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-09-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1927-04-30


    • Wage of miners not to be cut - operators hope reduction in lead quotation temporary- expect improvement

    • 1927

    • Wage of miners not to be cut - operators hope reduction in lead quotation temporary- expect improvement - According to an announcement made yesterday by the American Refining and Smelting company the price of lead has been dropped to 6.85 cents per...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1927-04-30
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-04-07


    • Improvement in Ajax - bunches of galena and stringers - signs of lead and silver in west side - vein widens at both ends

    • 1918

    • Improvement in Ajax - bunches of galena and stringers - signs of lead and silver in west side - vein widens at both ends - "Conditions in both operations of the Ajax Mining company, Burke, Idaho, engaged in more than 4000 feet apart are inproving...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-04-07

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