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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Subjects: Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 20th century
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-11-23


    • Mineral exhibit attracted many

    • 1933

    • Mineral exhibit attracted many - The state exhibit of mines, most of which was furnished by the Northwest Mining association, attracted a great deal of attention at teh Century of Progress exposition at Chicago, said E. P. Benson, executive...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-11-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1934-07-25


    • Washington ore on to Chicago - samples of lead, gold, silver, magnesite, tin and 15 other minerals

    • 1934

    • Washington ore on to Chicago - samples of lead, gold, silver, magnesite, tin and 15 other minerals - Twenty-three samples of Washington ore, some of them a foot in diameter, are in transit to the Century of Progress fait at Chicago. They left here...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1934-07-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Feature articles. 1933-10-10


    • Early history of Sunshine stock shows shares changing hands at six cents that later reached $25 per share

    • 1933

    • Early history of Sunshine stock shows shares changing hands at six cents that later reached $25 per share.
      Fortunes won from successful mining ventures, many times after seeming defeat, make interesting reading. The Coeur d'Alenes have furnished...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Feature articles. 1933-10-10
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1926-02-21


    • Record output by pine creek.

    • 1926

    • Record output by pine creek. - Number of development operations largest in its history -- boom expected. - A record is being made in the production of ore from the Pine creek district of the Coeur d'Alene region and it is but beginning, according...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1926-02-21
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1935-08-22


    • Sultan gold holds interest

    • 1935

    • Sultan gold holds interest.
      Condensed history of the Sultan Gold Mining Co. The Sultan Gold Mine lies one and one half miles north of Elk City, Idaho. The property was located in the early part of the century by Jimmie Larson, who later opened...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1935-08-22
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-03-03


    • Finds gold mine after half century hunting for silver

    • 1936

    • Finds gold mine after half century hunting for silver - For 52 years Robert M. (Bob) Hanson has been searching for silver in the hills and mountains of Yavapai county, around Prescott. Most of teh time he was "broke," for he seldom found ore worth...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-03-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1932-05-12


    • Century drills show much ore

    • 1932

    • Century drills show much ore.
      Eight feet of superior grade in one hole-20 to 40 feet in another, report. So far satisfactory results are reported to have attended the diamond drilling exploration of the Century Zinc company on the property of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1932-05-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-06-10


    • Mystery shrouds mining exhibits

    • 1933

    • Mystery shrouds mining exhibits - Whether Washington has or will have any exhibit of ores at the Century of Progress fair at Chicago is something the Northwest Mining association has been unable to learn, Robert T. Banks, president of the Northwest...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-06-10
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-07-10


    • Seek gold ore for world fair

    • 1933

    • Seek gold ore for world fair - A good-sized piece of ore, showing gold that glitters and is visible to the naked eye, is wanted for the Washington state mineral exhibit at the Century of Progress exposition at Chicago, Robert T. Banks, president of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-07-10
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1936-12-04


    • Mine history revealed by ore displays

    • 1936

    • Mine history revealed by ore displays.
      The story of the potential development of northwest mining is told in exhibits of the Northwest Mining association in the Spokane hotel.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1936-12-04
    • 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. 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. 1925-12-10


    • Hercules made by faith and toil of poor men.

    • 1925

    • Hercules made by faith and toil of poor men. - Modest claim of 34 years ago now among great producers -- drove tunnel 1500 feet by hand. - From his modest claim staked out by Harry L. Day, a prospector on the hills near Wallace 34 years ago, has...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1925-12-10
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1928-04-09


    • Romance of mine is told by neill.

    • 1928

    • Romance of mine is told by neill. - Spokane capitalist details early struggles to make things go. - R. K. Neill, speaking before the mining bureau of the Chamber of Commerce today thrilled a large audience of business man, bankers and mining men...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1928-04-09
    • 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. 1929-10-02


    • State's first camp in 1855.

    • 1929

    • State's first camp in 1855. - Gold found in sands at old fort colville, only six years after great california rush, caused stampede to washington. - The first mining camp in Washington was at old Fort Colville, in Stevens county, where a post of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Historical events. 1929-10-02

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