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    • 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. Developments. 1937-03-23


    • Herbert to run second raise.

    • 1937

    • Herbert to run second raise. - The raise of the Herbert Gold mines, started from its lower tunnel, lacked 15 feet of being at the surface a few days ago, Samuel B. Holbert, mining engineer, said here this week. Its lenght will exceed 200 feet. The...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1937-03-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1931-12-24


    • Diamond hitch ore high grade.

    • 1931

    • Diamond hitch ore high grade. - Overflows bin -- stockpile growing, says visitor -- cut at 500-foot depth. - An ore body struck in the fall by the Grouse Mountain Mining and Milling company on its Diamond Hitch group has been drifted on for two or...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1931-12-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1933-11-15


    • New shoot in glacier vein.

    • 1933

    • New shoot in glacier vein. - High gold and silver content reported 1000 feet from recent strike. - The disclosure of another overlooked ore body in the property of the Glacier Silver-Lead company, near Libby, Mont. was reported yesterday by Samuel...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1933-11-15
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1937-08-29


    • Herbert hits gray copper.

    • 1937

    • Herbert hits gray copper. - Foot to 22 inches reported -- formation wallace, similar to Coeur d'Alenes. - The raise form the lower tunnel level of the Herbert Gold Mines, eight miles south of Libby, Mont., had attained the 124-foot point Thursday,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1937-08-29
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1938-01-16


    • Liberty metals strikes galena.

    • 1938

    • Liberty metals strikes galena. - Six-foot body stood within two rounds for last three years. - Six feet of steel galena has been opened at the 700-foot depth in the property of the Liberty Metals company, on Grouse mountain, six miles south of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1938-01-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Engineers. 1928-01-22


    • Grandview needs 250-ton mill.

    • 1928

    • Grandview needs 250-ton mill. - 300,000 tons of ore accessible in metaline falls mine, says engineer. - The Grandview Mines, whose property is north of Metaline Falls, has determined the existence of a quantity of ore that warrants the installation...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Engineers. 1928-01-22
    • Northwest history. Mining. Finances. 1927-07-27


    • Ready to go at golconda.

    • 1927

    • Ready to go at golconda. - Raising in ore, shaft and drift start in few days, says engineer. - Mine will equipped. - Electric hanlage, station, compressor, pumps and other things in since June 6. - Money obtained for the development of the Golconda...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Finances. 1927-07-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1928-08-21


    • Four veins open in Washington.

    • 1928

    • Four veins open in Washington. - Three cut underground, says engineer -- occupy 9000 feet of shear zone. - Plans have been drawn for the development in the property of the Washington-Idaho Mining company, adjoining the Dickens mine, on Moon creek,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1928-08-21
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1934-10-12


    • Glacier silver ready to run.

    • 1934

    • Glacier silver ready to run. - Stopes opened and filled with ore on every level, says official. - Done in six months. - Superintendent Lee ready to fill mill on three shifts. - "About May 1 I found two places ore stopes in the entire mine (Glacier...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1934-10-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1937-08-15


    • Herbert gold back in shoot.

    • 1937

    • Herbert gold back in shoot. - Mosier reports good values in most of dozen samples taken in raising. - Visions of wealth were inspired in hundreds by reports of gold found at points over a long distance at the surface of the Herbert Gold Mines,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1937-08-15
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1938-02-27


    • Kettle river taps old shaft.

    • 1938

    • Kettle river taps old shaft. - Flood bathes larges tunnel with small damage -- wide lode being crossed. - In returning to the tunnel of the Kettle River Gold Mining company, Oreint district, after a shot 600 feet in, John Colby, superintendent, and...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1938-02-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-10-01


    • 20-foot shoot cut near troy.

    • 1929

    • 20-foot shoot cut near troy. - Scene is montana morning mine -- contains 10 per cent lead and zinc, says official. - Three veins in group. - Only one developed is in snowstorm -- montana men plan large enterprise. - The disclosure of a hanging wall...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-10-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-11-11


    • Early miners paralleled ore - riches they sought for hundreds of feet never more than 15 feet distant - on glacier silver - new operators reveal body six feet wide for 1800 feet after geological study

    • 1928

    • Early miners paralleled ore - riches they sought for hundreds of feet never more than 15 feet distant - on glacier silver - new operators reveal body six feet wide for 1800 feet after geological study - One of those rare but generally surprising...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-11-11
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1933-10-20


    • Great discovery in glacier vein.

    • 1933

    • Great discovery in glacier vein. - 30-year search ends at 6 to 16 foot shoot of high gold value, says official. - 12 cars concentrated. - Yield $57 to $325 a ton -- 500 inland empire stockholders. - Ore in a body, six to 16 feet wide, has been...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1933-10-20
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1934-02-14


    • 32-foot gold vein in wilds.

    • 1934

    • 32-foot gold vein in wilds. - Found by hunter on unbroken mountain, three miles south of libby, mont. - Report ore in 10 cuts. - Operation financed and 1000-foot tunnel to be started this month. - What is regarded by its owners as a discovery of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1934-02-14
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1937-12-19


    • Liberty metals strikes twice.

    • 1937

    • Liberty metals strikes twice. - Discoveries in long tunnel follow idleness -- promise in development plan. - The Liberty Metals company has found a strong incentive for continuance. In the month of its operation, it has drifted north and south on...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1937-12-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1938-02-02


    • Liberty metals looming large.

    • 1938

    • Liberty metals looming large. - Ore opens to seven feet and bunkers overwhelmed with it, employee reports. - Probably 10 years have elapsed since the Liberty Metals began a search for ore on Grouse mountain, south of Troy, Mont. The operation...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1938-02-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1938-04-24


    • Handful of men open rich vein.

    • 1938

    • Handful of men open rich vein. - Silver and lead six feet wide exposed 200 feet in liberty metals. - Kansas City and other stockholders of the Liberty Metals company, on a mountain south of Troy, Mont., continue to wax wealthy from the firendly...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1938-04-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1919-11-22


    • Test east part of St. Lawrence - from 3000 to 4000 feet of exploration to be engaged in, says official - funds are provided - entire east side of copper property is to be penetrated

    • 1919

    • Test east part of St. Lawrence - from 3000 to 4000 feet of exploration to be engaged in, says official - funds are provided - entire east side of copper property is to be penetrated - "The St. Lawrence Mining company has been provided with money...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1919-11-22

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