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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Subjects: Prospecting --Northwest, Pacific
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1937-12-04


    • Grubstake starts man toward riches.

    • 1937

    • Grubstake starts man toward riches. - Dispirited and forlorn, O. P. Wiltermood went into the office of J. Richard Brown, Spokane, five months ago, and applied for a job as miner. He said he needed work quick, for he only had 10 cents left.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1937-12-04
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1936-02-16


    • Old republic mine launched gold rush.

    • 1936

    • Old republic mine launched gold rush. - The Republic mine, near Eureka, Wash., was located by Tommy Ryan of Spokane on a grubstake by Charles P. Robbins, also of Spokane. Patrick Clark of Spokane brough the controlling interest and later sold the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1936-02-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-07-12


    • Grubstake miner reveals $9450 ore.

    • 1935

    • Grubstake miner reveals $9450 ore. - A streak of gold-bearing quartz at the head of Lincoln gulch, in the Lincoln district of Montana, contains $9450 in gold to the ton, according to a sample, O. M. Childers of Helena, Mont., reports. A cut across...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-07-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-06-16


    • Grubstake in nevada furnished by fera.

    • 1935

    • Grubstake in nevada furnished by fera. - "In Nevada the man who would acquire independence is given the usual weekly pay of $22 a week or more by the FERA. If he has a claim he thinks well of, or knows where he can lease good mineral ground, or...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-06-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-05-27


    • Grubstake group to help miners.

    • 1935

    • Grubstake group to help miners. - Organization of the American Grubstake syndicate to promote the development of mining by "grubstaking" those willing to go back to the pioneer method of mining was announced in Wallace Saturday.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-05-27
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-03-09


    • Mine men discuss grub stake plans.

    • 1935

    • Mine men discuss grub stake plans. - Spokane organization meets to study methods of securing loans. - An enthusiastic and well attended meeting of miners and prospectors was held at the court house Friday night. Reports on federal grubstaking and...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1935-03-09
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1932-07-23


    • Partner tells of blue bucket.

    • 1932

    • Partner tells of blue bucket. - J. Bart Curl, who was in Spokane over the weekend to attend a meeting of the Blue Bucket Mining company, has participated in two recent discoveries that promise to make mining history.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1932-07-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1932-07-11


    • Gives meaning of "grubstake."

    • 1932

    • Gives meaning of "grubstake." - "The prospector should finance himself in the hills if possible, and thus avoid entangling alliances," says Dr. John W. Finch, dean of the school of mines of the University of Idaho, in a third pamphlet on gold...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Grub stakes. 1932-07-11
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-06-05


    • Liberty metals to explore far - plans penetration of its carbonate Queen and operation of its flotation mill

    • 1938

    • Liberty metals to explore far - plans penetration of its carbonate Queen and operation of its flotation mill - Further development by the Liberty Metals company is planned, Dr. H. E. Zimmerman, president, Kansas City, Mo., said here yesterday. He...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-06-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-06-02


    • Gray copper leads the way - Chinto equips for deep descent into Amazon vein on three shifts

    • 1938

    • Gray copper leads the way - Chinto equips for deep descent into Amazon vein on three shifts - Exploration and equipment completed, the Chinto Mining company is about to begin a deep descent by shaft into the Amazon mine near Chewelah, it is...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-06-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-04-30


    • Probe for ore at Crescent

    • 1938

    • Probe for ore at Crescent - Planned as the initial work of a large development campaign, diamond drilling was started this week on the property of the Silver Crescent Mining company in the Moon creek region, west of Wallace.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-04-30
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-04-29


    • Prospects showing

    • 1938

    • Prospects showing - Mineral Mountain mining company has started a shaft to further prospect an ore showing made in the tunnel leve, driven from Spring gulch, a short distance from the Polaris in the Coeur d'Alenes. The vein filling is...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-04-29
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-04-20


    • Minnie Moore hunts fortune - to follow direction of San Francisco geologist- plan start this month

    • 1938

    • Minnie Moore hunts fortune -- To follow direction of San Francisco geologist-- Plan start this month -- Preparation has been made for the immediate completion of the Hershey crosscut in the Minnie Moore mine, Bellevue, Blaine county, Idaho, with a...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-04-20
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-04-01


    • Metropolitan shaft deepens

    • 1938

    • Metropolitan shaft deepens - Officers of the Metropolitan Mines corporation, in the Coeur d'Alenes, report the shaft has passed the 500-foot level and will be carried to the 600 station before exploration of the vein system will be undertaken....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-04-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-03-22


    • New operation on Pine Creek - lynch group to be probed deep by custer group company for veins cut above

    • 1938

    • New operation on Pine Creek - Lynch group to be probed deep by Custer Group Company for veins cut above - Dormant so long that its existence passed from the memory of many, the Lynch property of 18 claims, in the Coeur d'Alene region of Idaho, will...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-03-22
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-03-13


    • Glacier strikes pioneers' vein - will raise from no. 4 to surface- rewards on the way expected

    • 1938

    • Glacier strikes pioneers' vein - will raise from no. 4 to surface- rewards on the way expected - A diamond drill, pointed upward from the No. 4 level of the Glacier Silver-Lead Mining company, south of Libby, Mont., has penetrated to the long...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-03-13
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-02-24


    • Four metals in Shamrock - officers are the miners and are paid wages only- sinking on footwall

    • 1938

    • Four metals in Shamrock - officers are the miners and are paid wages only-- sinking on footwall -- Lead, silver, copper and gold are the inspiration for an exploration engaged in by the officers of the Shamrock Silver Mining company, four miles...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-02-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-02-07


    • Explore ore body

    • 1938

    • Explore ore body - A stringer of ore an inch wide, that assays from 100 to 540 ounces in silver, sill be explored by three Spokane men, Archie Gilbert, W. H. Schermerhorn and John E. Lee, who have taken a lease and option on it. The property...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-02-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-02-05


    • Silver Dollar mine between two fortunes

    • 1938

    • Silver Dollar mine between two fortunes - The annual meeting of the Silver Dollar Mining company will be held here February 21, C. O. Dunlop, president, Spokane, announces.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1938-02-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1937-12-19


    • Liberty Metals strikes twice

    • 1937

    • Liberty Metals strikes twice
      Discoveries in long tunnel follow idleness--promise in development plan
      Liberty Metals company has found a strong incentive for continuance. In the month of its operation, it has drifted north and south on ore...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1937-12-19

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