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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Subjects: Mine examination -- Northwest, Pacific
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1935-10-22


    • Find platinum in Drake mine

    • 1935

    • Find platinum in Drake mine.
      Platinum has been often reported as existing in mines throughout the northwest, but investigation has usually proved it was not there, at least in paying quantity. F.C. Gilbert, however, has made a favorable report...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1935-10-22
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1938-04-05


    • Accident led to ottawa find.

    • 1938

    • Accident led to ottawa find. - Pioneers afraid of dry ore, but opened lead vein -- silver strike results. - "We have struck it rich; we have high grade ore at depth," C. R. Thomas, manager of the Ottawa Silver M. and M. company, Slocan City, B. C.,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1938-04-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1906-12-23


    • Ore in Cedar Creek Mine

    • 1936

    • Ore in Cedar Creek Mine.
      Company contemplates extensive improvements. Wallace, Idaho, Dec. 22.-A good strike of ore has been made on the property of the Cedar Creek Mining & Milling company, which is situated two miles north of the Hercules...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1906-12-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-06-13


    • Find new shoot in success mine

    • 1916

    • Find new shoot in success mine.
      Ore discovery, it is said, will add greatly to productiveness of property. Galena, zinc and lead. President Gearon says change in formation gives much encouragement. "Two important developments in the Success mine...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-06-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-14


    • Ore body puzzles in Addison mine

    • 1920

    • Ore body puzzles in Addison mine.
      May be tungsten or possibly horn silver, says manager of company. Superintendent Alex McMaster and Manager C.A. Gray of the Addison Copper company are puzzled over a find of new ore in the property at Keller,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-14
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-06-18


    • Stong ledge of ore struck on kill buck

    • 1920

    • Stong ledge of ore struck on kill buck.
      A new ledge of great importance has been struck in the Kill Buck claim belonging to the Chicago-Boston Mining company, according to Julius Goodrich of Wallace, who visited the property and brought in...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-06-18
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-06-22


    • Camas Prairie uncovers coal

    • 1920

    • Camas Prairie uncovers coal.
      Lewiston reports plan to form company for opening of field. Lewiston reports the discovery of coal on Camas prarie in Idaho county and that steps are being taken to form a company to open the property. Lem Neil of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-06-22
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-06-23


    • Swastika mine finds ore body growing rapidly

    • 1920

    • Swastika mine finds ore body growing rapidly.
      Six feet of good ore develops from showing of less than one inch. A.H. McKnight, president and manager of the Swastika Mining company, says the ore body has widened from a fraction of an inch to sex...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-06-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-01


    • Silver Cliff tryin Graise; ore widening

    • 1920

    • Silver Cliff tryin Graise; ore widening.
      The Silver Cliff Mining company has commenced a raise from the intermediate tunnel to the No. 1 tunnel, a distance of 130 feet. Edward C. Young, secretary, reports that although the raise is up only about...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-06


    • Copper King raise runs solid in ore

    • 1920

    • Copper King raise runs solid in ore.
      The raise in the Copper King is now up 200 feet in ore all the way, according to Harry Ingalls, secretary of the company. It is planned to soon crosscut the vein which is believed to be 18 to 20 feet wide.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-06


    • Strike ledge of low grade in Wallace Mine

    • 1920

    • Strike ledge of low grade in Wallace Mine.
      Last week the Wallace Mining, Milling and Realty company, driving a long tunnel just south of Wallace, struck what appears to be a ledge at about 2700 feet from the portal. The ledge is not well...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-07


    • Silver mound breaks ore

    • 1920

    • Silver mound breaks ore.
      Driving tunnel across large body, says manager. "Six shots fired on the surface of the Silver Mound group, near lone, a few days ago let down probably 200 tons of ore and every piece contained lead and silver," said C.A....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-28


    • Four feet of ore in Lead Crystal

    • 1920

    • Four feet of ore in lead crystal.
      Four feet of good concentrating ore has been struck in the face of the lower tunnel of the Lead Crystal mine in the Coeur d'Alene, according to a Wallace report.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-31


    • West hunter mine has hit promised ore

    • 1920

    • West hunter mine has hit promised ore.
      "We have broken into the ore in the West Hunter mine," said President Edward T. Davey of that company, who is in Spokane today. "The ore was struck Wednesday and now the whole face of the tunnel is well...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-07-31
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-08-03


    • Molybdenum discovered in Porthill

    • 1920

    • Molybdenum discovered in Porthill.
      Molybdenum has been discovered in considerable quantities by prospectors in the Porthill district of northern Idaho, according to a report from Bonners Ferry. W.H. Rideout of Porthill showed the find to Charles...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-08-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-08-04


    • Louden and Lane report strike near Pine creek

    • 1920

    • Louden and Lane report strike near Pine creek.
      Louden and Lane, who have been developing a group of claims near the divide between the head of the main fork of Pine creek in the Coeur d'Alenes and a tributary of the St. Joe river, say they have...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-08-04
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-08-20


    • Day brothers hit it lucky once again

    • 1920

    • Day brothers hit it lucky once again.
      Once more the Day brothers of the Coeur d'Alenes appear to have been lucky. Another mine they have been putty labor and money into is said to have made a big strike. The property is the Bryan four or five...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-08-20
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-08-24


    • Find new ledge of good ore in Mountain Chief

    • 1920

    • Find new ledge of good ore in Mountain Chief.
      Value of mine believed to have been double by discovery of vein. Fretting at an exasperating shut-down caused by an engine breakdown Manager J.W. Evans of the Mountain Chief Mining company, put his...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1920-08-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1919-09-06


    • Silver-lead ore found in Banner

    • 1919

    • Silver-lead ore found in Banner.
      Three feet of quartz, with a scattering of silver-lead ore, has been uncovered on the Banner property in the Beaver creek district of the Coeur d'Alenes. The Banner was taken over some time ago by the Sunshine...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1919-09-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1919-09-19


    • Idaho carbonate strikes shoot

    • 1919

    • Idaho carbonate strikes shoot.
      Ore body is penetrated three feet on the 400-foot level. Grade good, says Davis. Crosscut to be continued and drifts started, says manager. Ore has been struck on its 400-foot level by the Idaho-Carbonate Hill...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1919-09-19

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