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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Surveys. 1936-06-12


    • Lumber for house is 25% of cost - carpentry accounts for 18 or 19 per cent ; plumbing 8 to 9 per cent

    • 1936

    • Lumber for house is 25% of cost - carpentry accounts for 18 or 19 per cent ; plumbing 8 to 9 per cent - Contrary to general opinion, only about 25 per cent of the construction cost of a modern house is for lumber, according to data recerived by...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Surveys. 1936-06-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. General. 1919-03-28


    • Powder prices shoved lower.

    • 1919

    • Powder prices shoved lower. - Northwest to get lower rates-fuse and cap cost steady. - Another drop in mining grades of explosives is announced throughout the northwest in circulars to the trade from the powder companies. The cut ranges from $1.50...
    • Northwest history. Mining. General. 1919-03-28
    • State history. Native Americans. Reservations. 1925-09-21


    • Indian leases at $5 per acre

    • 1925

    • Indian leases at $5 per acre. - There is no vacant Indian land on the Nez Perce Indian reservation, and the rentals have been from $3.50 to $4.50 per acre, with some leases as high as $5 per acre. This is the report made by O. H. Lipps,...
    • State history. Native Americans. Reservations. 1925-09-21
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Finance. 1918-11-05


    • Will cost state much more money

    • 1918

    • Will cost state much more money. - Twenty-five to three hundred per cent increase reported. - During the last biennium higher prices by from 25 to 800 per cent have been paid for all supplies used for state institutions under the board of control,...
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Finance. 1918-11-05
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Business conditions. 1929-04-27


    • Lumber orders climbing - For week of April 20, 13.07 per cent over previous week

    • 1927

    • Lumber orders climbing - For week of April 20, 13.07 per cent over previous week - Current lumber orders for the week ended April 20 exceeded the preceeding week's production by 13.07 per cent, and shipments were 1.39 per cent over cutting, reports...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Business conditions. 1929-04-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1928-07-28


    • Blue Eagle ore improves - 30 inches of 21 per cent lead content reported

    • 1928

    • Blue Eagle ore improves - 30 inches of 21 per cent lead content reported - Officers of the Blue Eagle Mining company, on Pine creek, report that the ore has widened to 2 1/2 feet and assays 21.48 per cent in lead; 30 per cent zinc and 2.6 ounces of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1928-07-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1929-03-27


    • Tests are good in Independence - larger stringer assays 19.6 ounces in silver, 9.8 per cent lead

    • 1929

    • Tests are good in Independence - larger stringer assays 19.6 ounces in silver, 9.8 per cent lead - Assays of average samples of the ore recently exposed by a crosscut fromt eh main tunnel in a southerly direction in the Independence Lead Mine are...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1929-03-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1931-01-01


    • High contents in concentrate - Whitedelf averaged 72 per cent lead and 68 ounces silver, says manager - attaining more depth - winze nears 300-foot point - mine being equiped with telephones

    • 1931

    • High contents in concentrate - Whitedelf averaged 72 per cent lead and 68 ounces silver, says manager - attaining more depth - winze nears 300-foot point - mine being equiped with telephones - Concentrate produced by the Whitedelf Mining company...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1931-01-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-25


    • Steel galena at 5000 - morning shoot is 15 feet wide - averages 26 per cent lead, nine ounces silver and 8 per cant zinc, says official

    • 1928

    • Steel galena at 5000 - morning shoot is 15 feet wide - averages 26 per cent lead, nine ounces silver and 8 per cant zinc, says official - The ore body at the 5000-foot depth in the Morning mine of the Federal Mining and Smelting company at Mullan,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-12-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-05-19


    • Strike rich ore in Morning mine

    • 1928

    • Strike rich ore in Morning mine.
      Report wide vein found at new low level in Coeur d'Alenes. The ore chute in the Morning mine at Mullan shows both greater size and richer values where it has been struck on the 3250-foot level. The ore was...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-05-19
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Statistics. 1936-02-25


    • Grand Coulee dam 40 per cent ready

    • 1936

    • Grand Coulee dam 40 per cent ready. - Grand Coulee dam today was at the 40 per cent mark of completion, according to a report filed by F. A. Banks, chief engineer of the bureau of reclamation, with the Columbia Basin commission.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Statistics. 1936-02-25

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