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    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1934-04-13


    • Lead, Zinc being sought - assayer receiving samples from over northwest

    • 1934

    • Lead, Zinc being sought - assayer receiving samples from over northwest - Something refreshing has come to the assay office of the C. M. Fassett company. "After two years of assaying for gold," said Larry Shaver yesterday, "we are receiving samples...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1934-04-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1937-02-25


    • Grand Coulee wall may hold rich ore

    • 1937

    • Grand Coulee wall may hold rich ore - THe Grand coulee's majestic wall, south of town, may hold silver, gold, molydgenum, bismuth and other valuable ores, O. J. Sims of Electric City, an old ming man, said today.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1937-02-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1906-23-12


    • Dirt assayed $70 a ton

    • 1906

    • Dirt assayed $70 a ton - Some time ago P. McGovern of the Shoshone Mining company sent some dirt to Spokane. The results show $70 values per ton of leaad, silver, copper and a small trace of gold. Many of Coeur d'Alene citizens are interested in...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1906-23-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1918-07-15


    • Uncover good ore in lower tunnel of the Alma Ray

    • 1918

    • Uncover good ore in lower tunnel of the Alma Ray - Ore assaying 20 ounces in silver and 7.9 per cent in copper is now being taken from the lower tunnel of the Alma Ray property, near Kellogg. A drift on the vein for 25 feet has revealed ore for its...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1918-07-15
    • 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
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-07-23


    • Leflour mountain assays run high - samples of ore said to contain showing of iridium

    • 1919

    • Leflour mountain assays run high - samples of ore said to contain showing of iridium - Samles of the ore from the Walla Walla claim belonging to the Le Flour Mountain Copper Company in Ferry county are said to run as high as 30 per cnt copper and...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-07-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-07-24


    • Says mill feed has been found on Copper King

    • 1919

    • Says mill feed has been found on Copper King - A crosscut hole recently put down on the property of the Copper King Mining and Smelting company in the Coeur d'Alenes was run through the west end of the big ore shoot and crosscut 35 feet wide ore at...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-07-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-08-11


    • M'Allister ore assays run high

    • 1919

    • M'Allister ore assays run high - Assays show 5479 ounces of silver to the ton in the strike recently made in the McAllister mine on Carpenter creek in the Slocan district of British Columbia, according to a report made by A. R. Grimes, manager of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-08-11
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-08-19


    • Two feet of ore on lower level of silver cable

    • 1919

    • Two feet of ore on lower level of silver cable - "Two feet of ore, a good grade, has been struck on the lower level in the Silver Cable mine," said J. E. Codd, member of the Spokane Stock exchange, today. "It is the first ore that has been found on...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1919-08-19
    • 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. 1920-04-10


    • Milling gold at Swastika - large vein of ore uncovered - several assays run $60 to the ton

    • 1920

    • Milling gold at Swastika - large vein of ore uncovered - several assays run $60 to the ton - Free milling gold ore has been struck in a very large vein in the Swastika group of mines six miles south and cast of Dixie, in central Idaho, according to...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-04-10
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-04-24


    • Ore samples from O-lo-lim average big

    • 1920

    • Ore samples from O-lo-lim average big - James Keeth, manager of the O-lo-lim Copper company, has returned from the property on the north side of the Spokane rier, near Detillion bridge, and has samples of the ore from the cross-cut on the 200 foot...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-04-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-05-08


    • Monarch mine ore tested out - twenty-four tons shipped to Bunker Hill - 45.15 per cent lead appears

    • 1920

    • Monarch mine ore tested out - twenty-four tons shipped to Bunker Hill - 45.15 per cent lead appears - Twenty-four tons of crude ore which the leasers have taken out of the Monarch mine above Murray on the north fork of the Coeur d'Alene river, were...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-05-08
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-06-18


    • Forgotten mine rich in metals - Gold Mountain contains high values in silver-lead, says Bayle - opened 30 years ago - but it was prospected for gold- other metals ignored or overlooked

    • 1920

    • Forgotten mine rich in metals - Gold Mountain contains high values in silver-lead, says Bayle - opened 30 years ago - but it was prospected for gold- other metals ignored or overlooked - Long regarded as a promising little gold property, the Gold...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-06-18
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-07-10


    • Seventy-eight per cent lead in ore shipment

    • 1920

    • Seventy-eight per cent lead in ore shipment - D. D. Dodd, manager of the Gladstone Mountain Mining company, is in the city from the Boundary district of Stevens county.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-07-10
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-07-15


    • Cedar creek ore showing strong

    • 1920

    • Cedar creek ore showing strong - From a carload of ore shipped to the Bunker Hill smelter the Cedar Creek mining company of the Coeur d'Alenes has received a return of 68.9 per cent lead and nine ounces a ton in silver.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-07-15
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-08-07


    • Three shipments out of Monarch are profitable

    • 1920

    • Three shipments out of Monarch are profitable - Three shipments made by Durno & Parsons, lessees of the lower workings of the Monarch mine in the north fork district of the COeur d'Alenes, have netted good returns and Pollard & Johnson, who have a...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-08-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-08-09


    • Shafts widen in gold group - two veins spread with depth in silver-lead-copper ground

    • 1920

    • Shafts widen in gold group - two veins spread with depth in silver-lead-copper ground - M. M. Fry of Bonners Ferry reports that hte gold group of four claims at Katka, near Bonners Ferry, owned and operated by T. A. Hooker and his partner,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-08-09
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-10-13


    • Strike quartz in Washington mine property

    • 1920

    • Strike quartz in Washington mine property - Several streaks of quartz have been struck on the face of the lower tunnel of the Washington Mining company's property east of Burke, Idaho, according to a report from the company. Assays on the quartz...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assays. 1920-10-13

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