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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Subjects: Mining -- History -- Northwest, Pacific
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1929-10-03


    • Early-day mining.

    • 1929

    • Early-day mining. - Mining in the Pacific northwest, as in California, Colorado and other western areas, began with the search for placer gold. Its presence here was known many years before Marshall found gold in Sutter's mill race in California in...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1929-10-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1930-02-19


    • Helped found placer center.

    • 1930

    • Helped found placer center. - Was original name of wallace -- built first cabin 46 years ago. - Reminiscences of the early day history of Wallace were related to members of the Wallace Rotary club by D. C. McKissick, one of the early pioneers of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1930-02-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1935-06-16


    • Turning back to pioneer period.

    • 1935

    • Turning back to pioneer period. - The sweeping panoramic view of the gigantic plant of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining and Concentrating company, Kellogg, Idaho, long has been a common and impressive exhibit among the photographs of major...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1935-06-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1907-03-24


    • Miners dream directly results in discovery of murray's richest diggings.

    • 1907

    • Miners dream directly results in discovery of murray's richest diggings. - "Dream gulch" davis and his extraordinary luck figure in most remarkable story of all coeur d'alene lore. - The discovery by a jackass of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1907-03-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1919-07-07


    • Petre coming back to spokane country to locate treasure indians told him of -- story of wilson's lost mine brought to memory. / by Russell Arden Bankson.

    • 1919

    • Petre coming back to spokane country to locate treasure indians told him of -- story of wilson's lost mine brought to memory. - News item from Waukegan, Ill.: "Isai Petre has left this place for Spokane, prepared to start search in the Coeur...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1919-07-07
    • 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. Mining. Historical events. 1934-01-26


    • Man-hauled toboggan to gold rush scene.

    • 1934

    • Man-hauled toboggan to gold rush scene. - When the saga of the Coeur d'Alene mining country development is written the name of George H. Page, N625 Helena, will have its proper niche. When a stripling youth of 14 he man-hauled 200 punds of freight...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1934-01-26
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1935-08-22


    • Sunshine-Premier silver producer

    • 1935

    • Sunshine-Premier silver producer.
      History and development of the Sunshine Mine.
      (By L.C. Richards) One of the few mining properties to develop into national and economic importance within the past few years is the Sunshine Mine. This...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1935-08-22
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1936-07-19


    • Gold camp cabin built in 1898

    • 1936

    • Gold camp cabin built in 1898.
      This picturesque cabin is an inateresting landmark in the mining region near Keller, Wash. It was built by the late J.E. Jannot, a prospector, in July , 1898, but is now the property of the Mount Tolman Gold...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1936-07-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1923-10-23


    • Ridiculed for boosting coeur d'alene mines.

    • 1923

    • Ridiculed for boosting coeur d'alene mines. - Okanogan pioneer as youth tried to sell present bunker hill & sullivan to spokane men and was laughed at. - "You frequently hear people say that there are no mines in this district. But the mines have...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1923-10-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1929-10-01


    • Walked into murray camp before it was real town.

    • 1929

    • Walked into murray camp before it was real town. - Grandma burton recalls gold rush days in Coeur d'Alenes. - "I had the finest garden around. Folks used to make the trip to Murray just to see my yard. Some of the flowers grew higher than my head."
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1929-10-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1932-06-16


    • Irishman from missouri recalls colorful early gold rush days.

    • 1932

    • Irishman from missouri recalls colorful early gold rush days. - The rush of amateur gold diggers tot he creeks of the Inland Empire this month is nothing compared with the rush which took place in the Coeur d'Alenes in 1883, in the opinion of E. S....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1932-06-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1932-12-05


    • Idaho panhandle rich in history and ore burden.

    • 1932

    • Idaho panhandle rich in history and ore burden. - Discovery of a fragment of gold-bearing quartz by a highway worker in Fourth of July canyon near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, has brough a rush of treasure seekers to the district.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1932-12-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1935-08-22


    • Pioneers who developed mines

    • 1935

    • Pioneers who developed mines.
      In dealing with the early operators of the Coeur d'Alenes it is our object to take up only a few of the most prominent, while there are others that volumes could be written about. We will not, in this article, go...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1935-08-22
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1936-12-06


    • Sought to save placers for liberals

    • 1936

    • Sought to save placers for liberals.
      Discoverer's letter reveals sidelight on rush to Golden Sands in Coeur d'Alenes.
      The following letter from A.J. Prichard, discoverer of gold in the Coeur d'Alenes was found by Frank Dallam Jr., Kelso,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1936-12-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1936-12-06


    • Sought to save placers for liberals

    • 1936

    • Sought to save placers for liberals
      The following letter from A.J. Prichard, discoverer of gold in the Coeur d'Alenes was found by Frank Gallam Jr., Kelso, Wash., among the effects of his late mother.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1936-12-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1935-08-22


    • Historical review Bunker Hill Mine

    • 1935

    • Historical review Bunker Hill Mine.
      Notwithstanding there was yet considerable life the gold camps of the Pritchard district, which took in Murray, Eagle, Myrtle, Trial, Delta and Littlefield, the year 1885 saw the feverish activity of the Coeur...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1935-08-22
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1936-02-16


    • Old Republic camp was tenthouse town in 1897

    • 1936

    • Old Republic camp was tenthouse town in 1897.
      Another view of the Republic Camp, known as Eureka, in 1897, soon after Tommy Ryan of Spokane located the famous Republic mine. That precipitated a real boom and tenthouses sprung up rapidly during...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1936-02-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1936-06-12


    • Sought to save placers for liberals

    • 1936

    • Sought to save placers for liberals.
      Disoverer's letter reveals sidelight on rush to Golden Sands in Coeur d'Alenes. The following letter from A.J. Prichard, discoverer of gold in the Coeur d'Alenes was found by Frank Gallam Jr., Kelso, Wash.,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1936-06-12

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