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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1935-03-03


    • Follow seam to rich shoot

    • 1935

    • Follow seam to rich shoot.
      Morning Glory officials report $80 to $140 a ton beyond fault. Executives of the Spokane-owned Morning Glory mine near Basin, Mont., are being complimented for a new achievement, their penetration on the 400-foot level...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1935-03-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-03-14


    • New tunnel strikes ore.

    • 1929

    • New tunnel strikes ore. - Eighty per cent lead in metaline mining, says head. - Two feet of ore, struck at the 290-foot point on the new tunnel of the Metaline Mining and Leasing company, near Metaline Falls, contains 80 per cent lead, three ounces...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-03-14
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-06-02


    • Finds gold down on farm.

    • 1929

    • Finds gold down on farm. - J. W. Barnett reports discovery near mesa. - Gold has been found in what is said to be paying quantities on the place of J. W. Barnett, 10 miles west of Mesa, near Pasco, on the N. P. railway, he states. It is susceptible...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-06-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-12-12


    • Hewer face in rich ore.

    • 1929

    • Hewer face in rich ore. - The drift in the Idaho-Hewer mine at Lakeview, Idaho, has followed the ore 200 feet. Where the crosscut struck the ore the vein was eight feet wide with one foot rich enough to sack and ship and the rest carrying 80 ounces...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-12-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1931-05-08


    • Silver lining in hog heaven.

    • 1931

    • Silver lining in hog heaven. - Birdseye espies ledge near A. C. M. ground -- expects another flathead at depth. - A new silver strike was made recently in the Hog Heaven district, 80 rods east of the A. C. M. mine, on the Birdseye Mining company's...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1931-05-08
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-02-07


    • Report new gold find by Idaho prospector

    • 1936

    • Report new gold find by Idaho prospector - A new gold strike is reported this week by "Salmon River" Jack Beck, pioneer miner and prospector. The strike is located about one-half miole up the mountain from the Big Salmon river between Sheep creek...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-02-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-03-01


    • Strike on rising metal prices

    • 1936

    • Strike on rising metal prices - A drift from the 1000-foot tunnel level of the Golconda Lead mines followed the Mayflower vein 80 feet or farther east. Recently it was in ore four to five feet wide and having a higher silver content than ore to the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-03-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-03-15


    • Mineral Point to ship silver - ore of new strike to Bunker Hill- engineer reports new Independent vein

    • 1936

    • Mineral Point to ship silver - ore of new strike to Bunker Hill- engineer reports new Independent vein - Resampled by Dan M. Drumheller, mining engineer, the vein struck last week on the 700-level of the Mineral Point mine of teh Coeur d'Alene...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-03-15
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1934-08-24


    • High-grade ore on jack waite.

    • 1934

    • High-grade ore on jack waite. - The Jack Waite Mining company has been in ore practically all the way for the last 150 feet, sometimes for the full width of the tunnel. Much of the ore is high grade, some of it even 75 and 80 per cent lead,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1934-08-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-11-26


    • Eureka cuts silver lead

    • 1936

    • Eureka cuts silver lead.
      Property owned by Walla Wallans reported to have high values. Roy Wallace, president and manager of the Commodore Mining company of Walla Walla, owner of the Eureka group of mineral claims, near the head of Lyle creek,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-11-26
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1933-05-24


    • $3 gold to man near Columbia - daily average of seven men with dry land dredge for two months, says Angle - Plum, Peach also good - many places along river where skill and equipment will win wages, says miner

    • 1933

    • $3 gold to man near Columbia - daily average of seven men with dry land dredge for two months, says Angle - Plum, Peach also good - many places along river where skill and equipment will win wages, says miner - Still taking out an average of $3...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Dredging. 1933-05-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1937-12-19


    • Bulldozer cuts 100-foot ledge.

    • 1937

    • Bulldozer cuts 100-foot ledge. - Reported to have bared 80 per cent lead in montana wild for investors. - Prospecting in mountain snow with a bulldozer has exposed the cropping of what is expected to become another great mine of the Coeur d'Alene...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1937-12-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-01-02


    • Ore discovery in mine office.

    • 1929

    • Ore discovery in mine office. - Sample general mines had lain there long until recognized by engineer. - Has silver content. - Traced to vein passed at 700-foot depth in drift for another objective. - Ore has been discovered in the office of the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-01-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-01-07


    • Foot and half pure galena is uncovered.

    • 1929

    • Foot and half pure galena is uncovered. - Eighteen inches of pure galena has been opened in the property at Clarksfork, Idaho, which is being worked by Cady & Pier, according to J. H. Eby, Spokane mining man, who inspected the property last week....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-01-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-01-07


    • Rich copper near st. regis.

    • 1929

    • Rich copper near st. regis. - Copper ore varying in thickness from 12 inches to about two feet has been exposed in the lower tunnel of the Richmond-Lexington mine near St. Regis, it was learned here Saturday. The ore is of a shipping grade and is...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-01-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-01-10


    • Ten feet ore in upraise at glacier mine.

    • 1929

    • Ten feet ore in upraise at glacier mine. - Ten feet of commerical ore has been followed for more than 30 feet in an upraise from the No. 5 level at the Glacier Silver-lead mine, which was formerly the Luken-Hazel, at Libby, Mont.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-01-10
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-01-16


    • Dickens width 15 feet.

    • 1929

    • Dickens width 15 feet. - Manager Holbert wires of recent strike. - The new strike on the 400-foot level of the Dickens Consolidated mine near Kellogg, Idaho, shows 15 feet of width, mostly high grade with the foot wall not yet in sight, according...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-01-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-02-03


    • Metaline adds 1110 acres.

    • 1929

    • Metaline adds 1110 acres. - Expects strike on No. 6 level, says official. - "The Metaline Mining and Leasing company has acquired 110 acres by deed increasing its holdings to about 400 acres, including the first patented claim in the Metaline...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-02-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-02-05


    • Wolverine has 8 feet of ore.

    • 1929

    • Wolverine has 8 feet of ore. - Struck on 500-foot level of shaft, reached recently, says wallace report. - Ore in a body eight feet wide has been struck on the 500-foot level of the Wolverine Mining company, according to a Wallace Idaho, report....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-02-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-02-08


    • Golconda hits rich ore body.

    • 1929

    • Golconda hits rich ore body. - Shoot penetrated for six feet on new 1400-foot level, says manager. - The ore body that has persisted through other levels of the Golconda Lead Mines was struck on the 1400-foot level, and, with a round fired at 2 p....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-02-08

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