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    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1933-07-21


    • Bonneville site gets first dam. - Benefits by scheme to aid navigation on Columbia river.

    • 1933

    • Bonneville site gets first dam. - Benefits by scheme to aid navigation on Columbia river. - Will cost $43,900,000 - Congressman Martin sees early start on basis of Roosevelt O. K. -
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Politics. 1933-07-21
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Statistics. 1937-09-29


    • Facts on Bonneville dam.

    • 1937

    • Facts on Bonneville dam. - The Bonneville dam on the Columbia river, where it forms a boundary between Oregon and Washington 42 miles east of Portland, is a concrete gravity type dam 170 feet high, 1250 feet long at the crest. It has an overflow...
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Statistics. 1937-09-29
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Development. 1936-03-04


    • 898,713 acres under irrigation in Oregon.

    • 1936

    • 898,713 acres under irrigation in Oregon. - An inventory by the Bureau of Agricultural engineering reports that there are 898,713 acres in Oregon irrigated. The report states that the ultimate possible area which can be irrigated in Oregon is...
    • Northwest history. Irrigation & reclamation. Development. 1936-03-04
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Export & import. 1937-06-30


    • Large lumber cargoes will go to orient - American Oriole will stow 4,900,000 feet soon; sailings of three others listed

    • 1937

    • Large lumber cargoes will go to orient - American Oriole will stow 4,900,000 feet soon; sailings of three others listed - Redelivery here today of the steamship American Oriole by the McCormick Steamship Company to the Matthewson Shipping Company,...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Export & import. 1937-06-30
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Strikes and riots. 1936-07-01


    • Woods workers out on strike - estimate 1,100 laborers in Clearwater area quit jobs - Potlatch camps are going - Logging train is taken off to await settlement- lumberjack tells his tale of grief

    • 1936

    • Woods workers out on strike - estimate 1,100 laborers in Clearwater area quit jobs - Potlatch camps are going - Logging train is taken off to await settlement- lumberjack tells his tale of grief - Approximately 1,100 woodsmen employed in logging...
    • Northwest history. Lumber industry & by-products. Strikes and riots. 1936-07-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-06


    • Cable snaps as cage is moved at deep level - tragedy occured at 1 a. m. while crew was coming off shift - all of the bodies are badly broken - payroll records must be checked to identify those who died

    • 1936

    • Cable snaps as cage is moved at deep level - tragedy occured at 1 a. m. while crew was coming off shift - all of the bodies are badly broken - payroll records must be checked to identify those who died - Nine miners plummeted 900 feet to their...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-06


    • Nine miners killed as cage cable snaps - elevator plunges with them 900 feet down in shaft on Coeur d'Alene

    • 1936

    • Nine miners killed as cage cable snaps - elevator plunges with them 900 feet down in shaft on Coeur d'Alene - Nine miners plunged to their deaths early today in the Morning Mine near this place when an elevator cable snapped. The accident occurred...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-06


    • Crowd watches removal of bodies after morning mine disaster

    • 1936

    • Crowd watches removal of bodies after morning mine disaster - Six hours after a cable snapped, dropping a Morning Mine elevator at Mullan, Idaho, 900 feet to the bottom of a shaft, the 10 bodies were extricated and brought to the surface. The...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-07


    • Mine diaster cause sought - ten lose lives in worst accident in history of Idaho mining; inquest called

    • 1936

    • Mine diaster cause sought - ten lose lives in worst accident in history of Idaho mining; inquest called - Saddend residents of this mountainside mining town looked today to a coroner's inquest to explain why a cable broke, droping 10 men 900 feet...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-07


    • Bodies of mine disaster victims are brought to surface

    • 1936

    • Bodies of mine disaster victims are brought to surface - As sorrowing relatives and fellow workers stood by at dawn, the bodies of 10 miners who fell 900 feet to their death in a shaft of the Morning mine at Mullan, Idaho, were brought to the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-09


    • Mine men die as cable breaks - Mullan miners go to death in mine cage from 3,000 level

    • 1936

    • Mine men die as cable breaks - Mullan miners go to death in mine cage from 3,000 level - When a cable controlling an elevator cage broke, precipitating ten Morning mine miners 900 feet to the bottom of the shaft, early TUesday morning, all were...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1936-10-09
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assessments. 1938-06-07


    • Mineral Point drives in July

    • 1938

    • Mineral Point drives in July - With the proceeds of the last two assessments the Coeur d'Alene Mines corporation met all its indebtedness, including the purchase of mining claims held under option, additional equipment for sinking, and the sinking...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Assessments. 1938-06-07

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