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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Subjects: Prospecting --Northwest, Pacific
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    • 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. Exploration. 1907-04-03


    • Deep snow near Saltese - twenty feet on level at western Montana property

    • 1907

    • Deep snow near Saltese - twenty feet on level at western Montana property - "There are 20 feet of snow on the level at the workings of the Western Montana Mining company, located near Saltese, Mont.," said A. A. GOolen, who reached here last noght...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1907-04-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1916-05-06


    • Signs of ore in Metropolitan - found in shaft and said to exist elsewhere in property

    • 1916

    • Signs of ore in Metropolitan - found in shaft and said to exist elsewhere in property - In the last year the Metropolitan Mines corporation, adjoining the Sunshine mining company on Big creek, near Kellogg, Idaho, has had more encouragement than in...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1916-05-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1916-08-02


    • Gertie will work Iron King claim - discontinue operations in present branch to await Hecla showing

    • 1916

    • Gertie will work Iron King claim - discontinue operations in present branch to await Hecla showing - Work was discontinued yesterday by the Gertie company on the branch of the long tunnel which has been run southeast into the Gertie claim proper,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1916-08-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Examination. 1917-07-30


    • Declares tarbox has good future - Moyle expects good body of shipping ore in the 800-fool level

    • 1917

    • Declares tarbox has good future - Moyle expects good body of shipping ore in the 800-fool level - "I have examined the Tarbox mine and think it one of the biggest propositions I ever say," says William Moyle of the Saltese, in a telegram to one of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Examination. 1917-07-30
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-23


    • Tarbox drifts for ore - body believed to be 200 feet ahead on 800 level

    • 1917

    • Tarbox drifts for ore - body believed to be 200 feet ahead on 800 level - A drift on the 800 foot level of the Tarbox mine. Saltese, Mont., lacks 200 feet of ap oint above which ore was developed on teh 600-foot level, according to Richard Daxon,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-28


    • Exploring for ore found near the shaft at surface

    • 1917

    • Exploring for ore found near the shaft at surface - "Crosscuts are proceeding in two directions from the bottom of a 175-foot shaft in the property of the SIlver-Antimony Mining company, Chewelah, Wash.," said G. H. Van Dusen, a stockholder,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-28


    • Double drive in Ajax - seek veins at points one mile apart near Burke - 600 feet driven from Oom Paul- shaft being sunk from Ajax level

    • 1917

    • Double drive in Ajax - seek veins at points one mile apart near Burke - 600 feet driven from Oom Paul- shaft being sunk from Ajax level - Veins probably will be reached at the same time in operations a mile apart in the property of the Ajax mining...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1917-12-28
    • 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. Examination. 1918-05-16


    • Homestead camp model community - Iron Dike builds bungalows for employes- club house for women - earning large profits - three compartment shaft being sunk to intersect huge copper body

    • 1918

    • Homestead camp model community - Iron Dike builds bungalows for employes- club house for women - earning large profits - three compartment shaft being sunk to intersect huge copper body - THe social and economic conditions prevailing at the Iron...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Examination. 1918-05-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Excursions. 1918-04-13


    • View silver bell mine

    • 1918

    • View silver bell mine.
      Excursion arranged for today and tomorrow. The Silver Bell, said to be the only silver mine in Spokane county, is the object of an excursion arranged by Eugene H. Belden, the president, for this afternoon and tomorrow. The...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Excursions. 1918-04-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-01-09


    • Gertie advances lateral - crosscut lacks several hundred feet of reaching end line

    • 1918

    • Gertie advances lateral - crosscut lacks several hundred feet of reaching end line - A crosscut from the main tunnel of the Gertie mine at Burke, Idaho, lacks several hundred feet of reaching the end line. It is proceeding in the direction of the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-01-09
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-01-16


    • Silver Bell reaches vein - ribbons of silver found in course of crosscutting

    • 1918

    • Silver Bell reaches vein - ribbons of silver found in course of crosscutting - "Appearances suggest that the expected is about to happen in the property of the Silver Bell Mining company, near Clayton, Wash.," said E. H. Belden, president,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-01-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-02-09


    • Dreadnaught drifts for ore - would undercut mineral disclosed in surface operations

    • 1918

    • Dreadnaught drifts for ore - would undercut mineral disclosed in surface operations - The Dreadnaught vein, in the Beaver creek district, Coeur d'Alene region, crops strongly for a distance of 400 feet, according to William J. J. Smith, manager....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-02-09
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-02-12


    • East Caledonia runs drift

    • 1918

    • East Caledonia runs drift - The East Caledonia Mining company, operating near Wardner, has crosscut 230 feet and drifted 60 feet each way on the vein since January 1, according to Rush J. Whote, manager. THis work is being performed on the 600-foot...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-02-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-03-06


    • Alameda cuts two stringers - disclosed on same horzon as the success tunnel

    • 1918

    • Alameda cuts two stringers - disclosed on same horzon as the success tunnel - The ALameda Mining company, after drifting 100 feet on its ledge, has encountered stringers of lead-zinc ore. According to Manager R. R. Catching two stringers of ore...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-03-06
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-04-07


    • Improvement in Ajax - bunches of galena and stringers - signs of lead and silver in west side - vein widens at both ends

    • 1918

    • Improvement in Ajax - bunches of galena and stringers - signs of lead and silver in west side - vein widens at both ends - "Conditions in both operations of the Ajax Mining company, Burke, Idaho, engaged in more than 4000 feet apart are inproving...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-04-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-05-19


    • Operate tin mine early in June - installation of concentrator essential- small smelter is considered - ore in all workings - followed by shaft, drift and winze- bonded for amount of $75,000

    • 1918

    • Operate tin mine early in June - installation of concentrator essential- small smelter is considered - ore in all workings - followed by shaft, drift and winze- bonded for amount of $75,000 - "The Spokane Tin Mining company, having 132 acres near...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-05-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-06-24


    • Expect ore body soon in Alma Ray

    • 1918

    • Expect ore body soon in Alma Ray - Good reports contuinue to come from the Alma Ray property, located across the river from Kellogg. The drift on the vein is showing some fine samples of copper, carrying high silver values as well. THe ledge is...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-06-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-10-29


    • Idaho carbonate sinks - shaft is 365 feet below the tunnel level - making 115 a month- break ground for blacksmith shop

    • 1918

    • Idaho carbonate sinks - shaft is 365 feet below the tunnel level - making 115 a month- break ground for blacksmith shop - The Idaho Carbonate Hill Consolidated Mining company has attained a depth of 365 feet in a shaft started on the tunnel level,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1918-10-29

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