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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Description: miner
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    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. K. 1936-01-09


    • Hardships in early days of county

    • 1936

    • Hardships in early days of county
      A. A. Kelly of Kelly's Gardens, Spokane, and in the business 47 years, was a Newport visitor last week and while calling at The Miner office spoke of his recollections of early days. Mr. Kelly was given a copy...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. K. 1936-01-09
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. S. 1921-06-20


    • Dead? Not at all, says old miner
      Yakima pioneer avers story of passing exaggrated.

    • 1921

    • Dead? Not at all, says old miner
      Yakima pioneer avers story of passing exaggrated.
      Mose Splawn is not dead. The veteran prospector, miner and northwest pioneer, whose name is known to every old time prospector in the northwest, emphatically...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. S. 1921-06-20
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-11-27


    • Miner's gallant fight for life

    • 1936

    • Miner's gallant fight for life - After an inspection of the Deep Creek placer mine, 16 miles south of here, where two placer miners, Antoine Gustafason and Oscar Gevert lost their lives in a cave-in Saturday night, November 14, it was discovered...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-11-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1933-11-01


    • Miner dredges out $22,000 in nuggets

    • 1933

    • Miner dredges out $22,000 in nuggets - S. L. Godfrey, old-time Alaskan and Klondike miner, arrived here TUesday from his location on Rhodes creek near Pierce City with $22,000 in gold nuggets. Godfrey said he had dredged the gold in 70 days. He...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1933-11-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. General. 1938-02-24


    • Veteran miner reported safe.

    • 1938

    • Veteran miner reported safe. - Dick Johnson, old-time prospector and miner of this district, caretaker at the Haystack mining property on the Clearwater in Idaho, is safe, according to reports brought to Superior, Mont., Wednesday by R. W. Spangler...
    • Northwest history. Mining. General. 1938-02-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Experiments & research. 1938-01-23


    • Miner detects covered gold - $1500 deposit in California responds to radio search - another in Idaho

    • 1938

    • Miner detects covered gold - $1500 deposit in California responds to radio search - another in Idaho - As the gleaming airliner is held by a tiny receiving loop exactly on a true course toward its destination 500 miles over the horizon, so the new...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Experiments & research. 1938-01-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Inspection. 1936-08-16


    • Miner's bank was in rocks

    • 1936

    • Miner's bank was in rocks - To penetrate to where Jack Montgomery, a pioneer lode miner of the Elk CIty district, Idaho, broke out gold-bearing ore reported to have stood a long primitive pack train freighting, seems to be the purpose of the Elk...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Inspection. 1936-08-16
    • State history. Native Americans. Crime. Assault. 1938-03-03


    • Aged miner was shot by Montana Indian boy

    • 1938

    • Aged miner was shot by Montana Indian boy. - Albert Ellsworth, minor Indian boy from Helena, Mont., has confessed to the shooting of W. T. Crossan, aged miner, who is recovering in a local hospital, Deputy Prosecutor Carl Quackenbush reported...
    • State history. Native Americans. Crime. Assault. 1938-03-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1930-09-19


    • Kellogg miner cave-in victim

    • 1930

    • Kellogg miner cave-in victim - Phillip Clark, 45, died this morning an hour after he had been caught by a cave-in in the Bunker Hill mine. Crushed beneath tons of rock and debris which slipped from teh wall of the tunnel, it was with difficulty...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1930-09-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1932-12-04


    • Sliding log buries miner - General mines boss fractures leg and shoulder

    • 1932

    • Sliding log buries miner - General mines boss fractures leg and shoulder - D. F. Clark, in charge at the General Mines, on Little Pine creek, near Kellogg, Idaho, was knocked down and buried under soil when struck by a log that was sliding down a...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1932-12-04
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1933-12-06


    • Miner is hurt

    • 1933

    • Miner is hurt - Frank Sooter, Kellogg, suffered a scalp wound, a broken rib and general body bruises in a cave-in at Four Suare Gold Syndicate property near Murray yesterday. He is receiving treatment in a local hospital.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1933-12-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1937-03-30


    • 60-foot fall may be fatal - Helcla miner in bad shape after plunge down ore chute

    • 1937

    • 60-foot fall may be fatal - Helcla miner in bad shape after plunge down ore chute - Suffering from compound fractures of the right leg, a possible fracture of the neck and serious body bruises, S. R. Tyler, 50, Gem, is in critical condition at the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1937-03-30
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1938-01-29


    • Caving of shaft fatal to miner - crew recovers his crushed body- pal is hurt

    • 1938

    • Caving of shaft fatal to miner - crew recovers his crushed body- pal is hurt - The body of Yak (Jack) Maki was recovered tonight from a cave-in in the Morning mine shaft which earlier in the day caused grave injury to Maki's working partner, but...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1938-01-29
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1935-08-28


    • Old salt making good as a miner

    • 1935

    • Old salt making good as a miner - J. C. Moe, a sea captain, recently quit the sea and took up mining and already is getting good returns from his venture. He came to Baker, Ore., last Saturday with $1500 in gold, the result of a cleanup of a small...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1935-08-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Associations. 1928-05-20


    • Starting work on old strike - suit kills $250,000 offer made 39 years ago, so owner digs for himself - sought name for mine - Clark Fork miner gets tip in Spokane, yellow gold of Cripple Creek

    • 1928

    • Starting work on old strike - suit kills $250,000 offer made 39 years ago, so owner digs for himself - sought name for mine - Clark Fork miner gets tip in Spokane, yellow gold of Cripple Creek - Robert Clark, familiarly known as "Seattle Clark,"...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Associations. 1928-05-20

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