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    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-01-17


    • Nabob strikes more ore - zinc stringer a foot wide at 800-foot depth - third body cut in drive to Denver - railroad work resumed

    • 1918

    • Nabob strikes more ore - zinc stringer a foot wide at 800-foot depth - third body cut in drive to Denver - railroad work resumed - The third of a series of stringers containing ore has been cut by the tunnel of the Nabob Mining company, according...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1918-01-17
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1920-11-29


    • Run crosscut from tunnel in North Star mine

    • 1920

    • Run crosscut from tunnel in North Star mine - S. A. Offerson has taken a contract to drive a crosscut from the main tunnel on the North Star Mining & Development company in the Coeur d'Alenes. The crosscut will run to the vein, a distance estimated...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1920-11-29
    • Northwest history. Mining. Celebrations. 1925-12-03


    • Mine meet is best on record

    • 1925

    • Mine meet is best on record.
      Sponsors estimate 10,000 daily view exhibits-Canadians give interesting program. B.C. yields $900,000,000. A.C. Longley tells of revived activity-foil wildcatters-give aid to prospectors. The present convention and...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Celebrations. 1925-12-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1925-09-17


    • Nabob shaft at 200.

    • 1925

    • Nabob shaft at 200. - Its completion expected in another month. - Two shoots will be sought at the 300-foot level -- depth from surface 900 feet. - A depth of 200 feet had been attained last Sunday in the two-compartment shaft of the level of the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1925-09-17
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1925-12-30


    • Will crosscut on 300-foot level

    • 1925

    • Will crosscut on 300-foot level.
      Nabob to seek two shoots on new horizon-unwater shaft in four hours. Crosscutting will be started on the 300-foot level in the property of the Nabob Silver-Lead company on Pine creek on January 1 or soon...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1925-12-30
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1926-01-04


    • Rush for gold on Squaw creek - claims being stakes where $700 to $900 values are found, says mining man

    • 1926

    • Rush for gold on Squaw creek - claims being stakes where $700 to $900 values are found, says mining man - Gold has been struck in the Squaw creek region and a rush for claims has started, according to Simon J. Holden of Chelan, the first to locate.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1926-01-04
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1926-02-05


    • Harmony mines strike great - largest of copper in Idaho, says Lemhi report - ore shoot 25 feet wide

    • 1926

    • Harmony mines strike great - largest of copper in Idaho, says Lemhi report - ore shoot 25 feet wide - The body struck at 900 foot depth in the property of the Harmony mines contains 25 feet of copper-bearing ore, according to the Salmon Herald,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1926-02-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1926-03-25


    • Wide vein in Nabob

    • 1926

    • Wide vein in Nabob.
      12 feet across on 900, says official. Point under shoot is 150 feet ahead-crosscutting for blind shoot. The Denver vein of the Nabob Silver-Lead company has been cut at a depth of 300 feet in the shaft workings and 900 feet...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1926-03-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1926-05-20


    • Ford hits ore on red bird.

    • 1926

    • Ford hits ore on red bird. - Body of galena revealed by drills is proved by cuts on several levels. - Result upsets fears. - Ore disclosed for 600 feet vertically between 300 and 900. - Henry Ford is making good in the development of his Red Bird...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1926-05-20
    • Northwest history. Mining. Corporations & mergers. 1928-03-15


    • Sterling mine to sell stock

    • 1928

    • Sterling mine to sell stock.
      Corporation papers filed today-Property near Metaline Falls. Articles of incorporation for the Sterling Zinc-Lead company of Spokane were filed today in Olympia by R.O. Camp, Dr. John W. Cosford and Carl Anderson....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Corporations & mergers. 1928-03-15
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1928-02-04


    • Page becomes valuable mine.

    • 1928

    • Page becomes valuable mine. - Ore body on lowest level richer and larger -- mill at capacity. - That the Federal Mining and Smelting company has picked a valuable property in the old Page mine becomes more evident as it is developed. Ore on the 900...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1928-02-04
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-11-27


    • Mutual mines in rich ore - penetrated six feet and width not determined- at 900-foot depth - expect second strike face lacks 40 feet of vein, officials estimate- another 900 feet ahead

    • 1928

    • Mutual mines in rich ore - penetrated six feet and width not determined- at 900-foot depth - expect second strike face lacks 40 feet of vein, officials estimate- another 900 feet ahead - Lead-silver ore of high and milling grades has been...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-11-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1928-02-19


    • Jerome grand in action.

    • 1928

    • Jerome grand in action. - Diamond drilling to be started at 900, says manager. "New machinery has been bought for the Jerome Grande Copper company, operating at Jerome, Ariz.," said Theodore Torbensen, general manager, in Spokane yesterday. Mr....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1928-02-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1929-05-07


    • Plans to sink for two thousand feet

    • 1929

    • Plans to sink for two thousand feet.
      Old C. and R. will be developed by Boundary Corporation. Wallace, Idaho, May 7.-(Special.)-Preliminary steps for cutting a large station about 900 feet from the portal of the lower tunnel by the Bounday...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1929-05-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-04-27


    • Page ore rich on low level.

    • 1929

    • Page ore rich on low level. - Five feet averages 20 per cent lead and 8 per cent zinc -- silver higher. - 18 feet wide on 900. - Ore 300 feet longer to each successive 300 of depth -- estimate 1200 long on 1200. - Ore has been opened by a drift for...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1929-04-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1930-06-20


    • Sunshine mine hits good ore.

    • 1930

    • Sunshine mine hits good ore. - The Sunshine Mining company has struck high grade ore on the 900-foot level, adding materially to the importance of that company's holdings, for it seems to prove that this ore body extends from the 200-foot level to...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1930-06-20
    • Northwest history. Mining. Buildings. 1931-12-12


    • Sunshine Mine's plant in canyon

    • 1931

    • Sunshine Mine's plant in canyon - This shows the surface equipment at the Sunshine mine in the Coeur d'Alenes. Handicapped by the narrow confines of Big Creek canyon, the Sunshine Mining company has filled in the canyon with tailings, bridged the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Buildings. 1931-12-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1931-04-25


    • Pick up ore in golconda.

    • 1931

    • Pick up ore in golconda. - Shoot found beyond fault on 1400-foot level east -- throw was short. - Ore has been found east of the fault in the property of the Golconda Lead Mines, near Wallace, Idaho, according to an official statement. It was...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1931-04-25

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