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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-05-19


    • Strike rich ore in Morning mine

    • 1928

    • Strike rich ore in Morning mine.
      Report wide vein found at new low level in Coeur d'Alenes. The ore chute in the Morning mine at Mullan shows both greater size and richer values where it has been struck on the 3250-foot level. The ore was...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-05-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-09-26


    • New mine vein

    • 1936

    • New mine vein.
      Roger Oscarson returned today from an examination of a strike just made in his Morning Star mine at Danville, Wash. He reports cutting in a crosscut a new vein 26 inches wide taht assays .85 of one ounce in gold, with a minor...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-09-26
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-06-14


    • Says boulders are solid lead - lead trust mine is remarkable, claims Buell - being developed

    • 1918

    • Says boulders are solid lead - lead trust mine is remarkable, claims Buell - being developed - "I believe the Lead Trust mine, three-quarters of a mile from Leadpoint, is a remarkable property, in many ways unlike anything else I have heard of."...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-06-14
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1905-08-12


    • New gold field

    • 1905

    • New gold field.
      Boise, Idaho, Aug. 9.--What apperas to be a phenomenally rich gold district has been discovered 12 miles northeast of Idaho City on Hay fork of Moose creek. The find was made last fall and the rock was so rich that the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1905-08-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1906-12-23


    • Bourninite in the Enakops

    • 1906

    • Bourninite in the Enakops.
      Spokane company made rich find in Montana. "We are busy sinking our main working shaft on the Enakops copper mine near Marysville, Montana," said A.M. Brant, of the E.C. Tousley company, yesterday.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1906-12-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-06-13


    • Rich ore at Loon Lake - mine's east drift making good showing - all of shipping grade, declares Andrew Laidlaw after visit to the property

    • 1916

    • Rich ore at Loon Lake - mine's east drift making good showing - all of shipping grade, declares Andrew Laidlaw after visit to the property - "The biggest and richest ore showing we have ever had in the Loon Lake copper mine is in the face of the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-06-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-07-07


    • Report ore strike on Douglas group - Pine creek property opens good showing- has big body

    • 1916

    • Report ore strike on Douglas group - Pine creek property opens good showing- has big body - Two feet of solid ore and three feet more of good milling ore have been found in the upraise which is being made from the No. 3 to the No. 2 tunnel of the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-07-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-07-08


    • Strike reported in Orogrande mine - Mazua receives word of gold find - will build a mill

    • 1916

    • Strike reported in Orogrande mine - Mazua receives word of gold find - will build a mill - James Mazua of Spokane, one of the large stockholders in the International Gold Mining and Milling company, reports a rich strike of 20 inches of gold ore on...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-07-08
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-07-29


    • Admiral reports rich ore strike - four feet of solid ore is opened in drift from the lower tunnel

    • 1916

    • Admiral reports rich ore strike - four feet of solid ore is opened in drift from the lower tunnel - "Officers of the Admieral Mining company believe a strike which was made in the property at Valley this week is the biggest one ever found in the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-07-29
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-11-12


    • Empire hits copper ore - further depth is expected to reveal improvement

    • 1916

    • Empire hits copper ore - further depth is expected to reveal improvement - Copper bearing ore in a body of undetermined width has been entered at a depth of 600 feet in the property of the Empire Copper company, on the Little North fork, Coeur...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-11-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-12-07


    • New ore exposed in constitution - block 200 feet high and 625 feet long added to company's resources - below the tunnel level - mill ready for operation about February 1 - additional equipment

    • 1916

    • New ore exposed in constitution - block 200 feet high and 625 feet long added to company's resources - below the tunnel level - mill ready for operation about February 1 - additional equipment - A block of ore 200 feet high and 625 feet long has...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-12-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-12-07


    • Strike in the Black Pine - claim gold value in ore more than $2000 a ton

    • 1916

    • Strike in the Black Pine - claim gold value in ore more than $2000 a ton - Two feet of ore that glitters with gold were struck yesterday in the Black Pine mine, a mile east of this place. Tests by W. C. McNutt showed values of $1.12 to $1.27 to the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1916-12-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-01-12


    • Ore in Tucker mine

    • 1917

    • Ore in Tucker mine - Four feet of ore containing silver and copper was the gift of the Tucker mine to its owners on Christmas day last, according to President Bohn at Gem, Idaho. Early shipments are proposed. The property is three miles from the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-01-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-03-03


    • Virginia shoot expands - twenty feet wide, runs $20 to $60, says T. Donan - three cars weekly going to Granby - strike the sensation of the north

    • 1917

    • Virginia shoot expands - twenty feet wide, runs $20 to $60, says T. Donan - three cars weekly going to Granby - strike the sensation of the north - "The ore body struck in the Virgina mine, near Danville, recently, has widened to 20 feet from 16...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-03-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-10-31


    • Mining men direct attention to find- plan mill for property

    • 1917

    • Mining men direct attention to find- plan mill for property - Attention of mining men in the Coeur d'Alenes is centered on the strike made in the lower tunnel on the Big Creek Mining company's property Monday.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-10-31
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-12-01


    • Open stopes in Richmond - ore under large body that had high copper content - pump and compressor installed- daily carload shipments maintained

    • 1917

    • Open stopes in Richmond - ore under large body that had high copper content - pump and compressor installed- daily carload shipments maintained - Two good stopes have been opened in the property of the Richmond Mining, Milling and Reduction...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-12-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-12-21


    • St. James cuts stringers - Burke quartzite entered at 600-foot depth

    • 1917

    • St. James cuts stringers - Burke quartzite entered at 600-foot depth - "Stringers of ore in Burke quartzite have just been cute by the St. James Mining company, adjoining hte Sunset mine, on Sunset peak, Coeur d'Alene region," said Mrs. Theresa...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-12-21
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-12-24


    • Hypotheek has new shoot - opens above 1100-foot level - mill runs one shift daily

    • 1917

    • Hypotheek has new shoot - opens above 1100-foot level - mill runs one shift daily - Ore has been encountered in a new raise just started from the 1100-foot level of the Hypotheek mine, according to a report from Wallace, Idaho. The body is several...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1917-12-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-01-08


    • Copper King finds ore - shoot followed for 100 feet, says C. T. Underwood - vein is four feet wide at the face- values in lead and silver

    • 1918

    • Copper King finds ore - shoot followed for 100 feet, says C. T. Underwood - vein is four feet wide at the face- values in lead and silver - "There is a full face of good grade galena ore in the new drift in the Copper King mine near Mullan, Idaho,"...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-01-08
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-01-12


    • Friend finds ore body - follows it 80 feet by drift on the lower level

    • 1918

    • Friend finds ore body - follows it 80 feet by drift on the lower level - The Friend Mining company has struck ore in the lower level of its property in the Beaver Creek district, Coeur d'Alene region, according to a report from William Schierding,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-01-12

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