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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1932-05-12


    • Century drills show much ore

    • 1932

    • Century drills show much ore.
      Eight feet of superior grade in one hole-20 to 40 feet in another, report. So far satisfactory results are reported to have attended the diamond drilling exploration of the Century Zinc company on the property of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1932-05-12
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1936-03-22


    • Danger of dam silting small. - Engineers claim usefulness will not be impaired for century.

    • 1936

    • Danger of dam silting small. - Engineers claim usefulness will not be impaired for century.- Army and reclamation engineers said today that "silting" is unlikely to present any danger for the next century to the huge dams they are building.
    • Northwest history. Bonneville dam. Engineers. 1936-03-22
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. V. 1936-01-11


    • Half century in same spot

    • 1936

    • Half century in same spot
      Travel satisfies some folk's urge for activity, but Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Von Lehe, pioneers of Spence township, have found their 50 years here all busy ones, despite the fact that their only move was just across the road...
    • State history. State of Washington Pioneers. V. 1936-01-11
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-03-03


    • Finds gold mine after half century hunting for silver

    • 1936

    • Finds gold mine after half century hunting for silver - For 52 years Robert M. (Bob) Hanson has been searching for silver in the hills and mountains of Yavapai county, around Prescott. Most of teh time he was "broke," for he seldom found ore worth...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1936-03-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1932-04-16


    • Drill to decide value of ground

    • 1932

    • Drill to decide value of ground.
      The Century Zinc company has shipped in equipment for the diamond drilling on the ground of the Metaline Mining and Leasing company and the Sterling property at Metaline Falls, and will begin drilling at once....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Drilling. 1932-04-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-06-10


    • Mystery shrouds mining exhibits

    • 1933

    • Mystery shrouds mining exhibits - Whether Washington has or will have any exhibit of ores at the Century of Progress fair at Chicago is something the Northwest Mining association has been unable to learn, Robert T. Banks, president of the Northwest...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-06-10
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-07-10


    • Seek gold ore for world fair

    • 1933

    • Seek gold ore for world fair - A good-sized piece of ore, showing gold that glitters and is visible to the naked eye, is wanted for the Washington state mineral exhibit at the Century of Progress exposition at Chicago, Robert T. Banks, president of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-07-10
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-11-23


    • Mineral exhibit attracted many

    • 1933

    • Mineral exhibit attracted many - The state exhibit of mines, most of which was furnished by the Northwest Mining association, attracted a great deal of attention at teh Century of Progress exposition at Chicago, said E. P. Benson, executive...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1933-11-23
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1934-07-25


    • Washington ore on to Chicago - samples of lead, gold, silver, magnesite, tin and 15 other minerals

    • 1934

    • Washington ore on to Chicago - samples of lead, gold, silver, magnesite, tin and 15 other minerals - Twenty-three samples of Washington ore, some of them a foot in diameter, are in transit to the Century of Progress fait at Chicago. They left here...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exhibits. 1934-07-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1932-02-25


    • Metaline mine sale pending

    • 1932

    • Metaline mine sale pending - Negotiations are pending for the sale, it is understood, of the property or control of the Metaline Mining and Leasing company to the Century Zinc company, one of the largest of the eastern zinc corporations. The...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1932-02-25
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1935-12-30


    • Indian who saw Captain Gray dies after a century

    • 1935

    • Indian who saw Captain Gray dies after a century. - John Sampson, 100, dean of Olympic Peninsula Indians, died at his home at Queets yesterday after a brief illness. At the age of 20 he stood under great spruces at Cosmopolis when Governor Stevens...
    • State history. Native Americans. Obituaries. 1935-12-30
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Publicity. 1935-06-23


    • Highway department puts out pamphlet upon state

    • 1935

    • Highway department puts out pamphlet upon state. - Fifty thousand copies of booklet intended for businessmen and tourists. - The state highway department issued a pamphlet on Washington today, designed, Director Lacey V. Murrow said, to introduce...
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Publicity. 1935-06-23
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Publicity. 1936-01-10


    • We salute Washington orchardists and fruit growers

    • 1936

    • We salute Washington orchardists and fruit growers...Because their crop...orchard and small fruits...is contributing over one-third of the eighty millions in new wealth accruing to the State of Washington from its agricultural industry.
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Publicity. 1936-01-10
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Publicity. 1936-02-27


    • State does much toward publicity of industry and resources

    • 1936

    • State does much toward publicity of industry and resources. - The Constitution imposes upon the Secretary of state the duty of publishing information on Washington Resources to publicize the state, foster distribution of its products and stimulate...
    • State history. State of Washington Government. Publicity. 1936-02-27

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