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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Subjects: Prospecting --Northwest, Pacific
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1932-07-11


    • Gives meaning of "grubstake."

    • 1932

    • Gives meaning of "grubstake." - "The prospector should finance himself in the hills if possible, and thus avoid entangling alliances," says Dr. John W. Finch, dean of the school of mines of the University of Idaho, in a third pamphlet on gold...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1932-07-11
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-03-09


    • Mine men discuss grub stake plans.

    • 1935

    • Mine men discuss grub stake plans. - Spokane organization meets to study methods of securing loans. - An enthusiastic and well attended meeting of miners and prospectors was held at the court house Friday night. Reports on federal grubstaking and...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-03-09
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-06-16


    • Grubstake in nevada furnished by fera.

    • 1935

    • Grubstake in nevada furnished by fera. - "In Nevada the man who would acquire independence is given the usual weekly pay of $22 a week or more by the FERA. If he has a claim he thinks well of, or knows where he can lease good mineral ground, or...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-06-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1936-02-16


    • Old republic mine launched gold rush.

    • 1936

    • Old republic mine launched gold rush. - The Republic mine, near Eureka, Wash., was located by Tommy Ryan of Spokane on a grubstake by Charles P. Robbins, also of Spokane. Patrick Clark of Spokane brough the controlling interest and later sold the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1936-02-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1932-07-23


    • Partner tells of blue bucket.

    • 1932

    • Partner tells of blue bucket. - J. Bart Curl, who was in Spokane over the weekend to attend a meeting of the Blue Bucket Mining company, has participated in two recent discoveries that promise to make mining history.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1932-07-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-05-27


    • Grubstake group to help miners.

    • 1935

    • Grubstake group to help miners. - Organization of the American Grubstake syndicate to promote the development of mining by "grubstaking" those willing to go back to the pioneer method of mining was announced in Wallace Saturday.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-05-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-07-12


    • Grubstake miner reveals $9450 ore.

    • 1935

    • Grubstake miner reveals $9450 ore. - A streak of gold-bearing quartz at the head of Lincoln gulch, in the Lincoln district of Montana, contains $9450 in gold to the ton, according to a sample, O. M. Childers of Helena, Mont., reports. A cut across...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-07-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1937-12-04


    • Grubstake starts man toward riches.

    • 1937

    • Grubstake starts man toward riches. - Dispirited and forlorn, O. P. Wiltermood went into the office of J. Richard Brown, Spokane, five months ago, and applied for a job as miner. He said he needed work quick, for he only had 10 cents left.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1937-12-04
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-04-06


    • Assays of ore in giant ledge reported good - showing better than at first reported - copper located

    • 1920

    • Assays of ore in giant ledge reported good - showing better than at first reported - copper located - Assays show the ore in teh Giant Ledge mine in teh Coeur d'Alenes is better than first reported last week.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-04-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1927-04-28


    • Gold seekers crowd Republic - many locations staked at quest broadens - rich assays claimed

    • 1927

    • Gold seekers crowd Republic - many locations staked at quest broadens - rich assays claimed - All last night was heard the chug of motors climbing the long grade out of the San Poil valley into Republic as the rush to the new gold field continued.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1927-04-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1928-03-11


    • Silver ore presists - for 54 feet in Butte & Coeur d'Alene - Stratton gets certificate - mine to be unwatered to 800-foot depth

    • 1928

    • Silver ore presists - for 54 feet in Butte & Coeur d'Alene - Stratton gets certificate - mine to be unwatered to 800-foot depth - An assay made for Stratton & Stratton shows 257 ounces of silver in a sample from the Butte & Coeur d'Alene mine near...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1928-03-11
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1928-05-09


    • Doubts assays of Lucile rock - Idaho state mining inspector questions rare metals in deposits - is readily determined - Stewart Campbell discusses reputed finds on Salmon River

    • 1928

    • Doubts assays of Lucile rock - Idaho state mining inspector questions rare metals in deposits - is readily determined - Stewart Campbell discusses reputed finds on Salmon River - The presence of any of the rare metals in the deposits being...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1928-05-09
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1928-07-26


    • Find good values in Gray Eagle - true vein crosses regular formations - no walls located

    • 1928

    • Find good values in Gray Eagle - true vein crosses regular formations - no walls located - An assay of ore found in teh face of a drift in teh Gray Eagle property in the Coeur d'Alenes has returned 34 per cent lead and 11 ounces of silver, giving a...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1928-07-26
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1929-12-11


    • Syringa mine storing ore - Bunkers of four-carload capacity erected - 18 inches high grade reported

    • 1929

    • Syringa mine storing ore - Bunkers of four-carload capacity erected - 18 inches high grade reported - Completion of ore bunkers with a combined capacity of 160 tons, ore approximately four carloads of ore, at the Syringa mine, several miles...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1929-12-11
    • 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. Assays. 1936-03-12


    • Minnie Moore gets wide attention - now half way - geologist Hershey reports on work under way

    • 1936

    • Minnie Moore gets wide attention - now half way - geologist Hershey reports on work under way - The attention of mining men of the west is focused on teh operations now under way at the famous old Minnie Moore property in the Wood River district,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1936-03-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1936-12-27


    • Bella May ore yield was rich - early carload $3000 - surface opening 20 cars - basis of American zinc work

    • 1936

    • Bella May ore yield was rich - early carload $3000 - surface opening 20 cars - basis of American zinc work - The Bella May claim, basis of the Metaline Mining and Leasing company's property near Metaling Falls, yielded lead ore for which up to...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1936-12-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1938-01-16


    • Highland ore 55 feet wide - ranges upward from 35 feet - drifted on 225 feet - average assay $17.50.

    • 1938

    • Highland ore 55 feet wide - ranges upward from 35 feet - drifted on 225 feet - average assay $17.50. - A gold-bearing ore body of unusual and surprising width in the Butte Highlands mine, south of Butte, Mont., is revealing unusual length for its...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1938-01-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-02-12


    • Find silver-zinc without copper - no trace of yellow metal in vein- development work is rushed

    • 1919

    • Find silver-zinc without copper - no trace of yellow metal in vein- development work is rushed - What is claimed to be the only vein in the district showing silver-zinc ore without a trace of copper has been discovered in the Red Plume mine, 10...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-02-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-04-25


    • Strike reported on Panama group - crosscut driven to silver-gold fissure- lay plans to develop

    • 1919

    • Strike reported on Panama group - crosscut driven to silver-gold fissure- lay plans to develop - A strike of silver-gold ore has just been made on the Panama group, near Nespelem, Wash., by a Vancouver, B. C. syndicate, headed by H. P. Dickenson, a...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-04-25

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