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    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-02-02


    • United copper manager cuts wages of employees

    • 1919

    • United copper manager cuts wages of employees.
      Reduction from war standard is necessary, says Conrad Wolfle. Conrad Wolfle, president of the United Copper Mining company, is the first manager of one of the big mining companies, so far as...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-02-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-02-17


    • Butte miners returning to work

    • 1919

    • Butte miners returning to work.
      Dinner bucket parade again started-expect all mines to reopen. Butte, Mont., Feb. 17.-"The dinner bucket parade of miners, which procession halted here on Feb. 7, when members of the Butte Metal Miners union...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-02-17
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-02-18


    • Butte whistles as mines resume; thousands back

    • 1919

    • Butte whistles as mines resume; thousands back.
      Eleven thousand miners will be back on job tonight. Butte, Mont., Feb. 18.-Choruses of whistles, shrill, depp and medium, loudly proclaimed to the citizens of Butte this morning that normal times...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-02-18
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-03-03


    • Will cut wages in Coeur d'Alene mining district

    • 1919

    • Will cut wages in Coeur d'Alene mining district.
      Big operators meet to agree on action-seek to lower living cost. That a sharp reduction of wages in the Coeur d'Alene mining district is to be announced in the next few days was reported today...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-03-03
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-03-15


    • Cut in mine pay comes tomorrow; all satisfied

    • 1919

    • Cut in mine pay comes tomorrow; all satisfied.
      Employees realize trouble operators are having-latter going easy. The cut of $1 per day for miners in the Coeur d'Alene district will take effect Sunday. Miners' wages have been $5.25 per day.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-03-15
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-03-28


    • Hecla mine takes on men for three shifts

    • 1919

    • Hecla mine takes on men for three shifts.
      The Hecla mine at Burke, Idaho, has increased its force to 500 men, permitting the operation of the mine on a three-shift basis, according to reports from Wallace. A number of returned soldiers, members...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-03-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-04-14


    • Hercules mill will open work

    • 1919

    • Hercules mill will open work.
      One shift to be used for a while, Wallace report says. The Hercules mill at Wallace will resume operations this week after having been shut down since the holidays, according to a Wallace report which states but one...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-04-14
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-04-19


    • Wage boost is rumored by Coeur d'Alene men

    • 1919

    • Wage boost is rumored by Coeur d'Alene men.
      Talk Butte scale-men are hard to get now, is report current. Rumors are current on the streets of Wallace that a raise in wages is contemplated for the purpose of attracting experienced miners to the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1919-04-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-01-02


    • Colorado mines using more men.

    • 1935

    • Colorado mines using more men. - Ten thousand men found employment in the metal mining industry in Colorado in 1934, compared to 4000 in 1932, according to an Associated Press report from John T. Joyce, Colorado Commissioner of mines.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-01-02
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-01-12


    • Sunshine will hire at wallace office.

    • 1935

    • Sunshine will hire at wallace office. - Miners seeking work at the Sunshine mine hereafter will report at the Mines Employment office, Wallace, according to reports from the property today. Heretofore the company has hired its men at the mine, but...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-01-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-03-21


    • Coeur d'Alene mines start five-day week.

    • 1935

    • Coeur d'Alene mines start five-day week. - Money will be more plentiful in the pockets of the workers of the Federal Mining and Smelting company from now on following a decision announced at Wallace today by H. G. Washburn, general manager.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-03-21
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-03-21


    • Five-day week for two mines.

    • 1935

    • Five-day week for two mines. - Federal's increase from 15 to 22 days a month at morning and page affects 650. - H. G. Washburn, general manager, Federal Mining and Smelting company, announced today that effective immediately, the Morning and Page...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-03-21
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-05-05


    • Work is added by hecla mine.

    • 1935

    • Work is added by hecla mine. - Week advanced to five days in view of living costs, says superintendent. - Beginning next week the Hecla Mining company will increase its operating schedule at Burke from four to five days a week, L. E. Hanley, mine...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-05-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-05-24


    • Federal adds $7000 to wage.

    • 1935

    • Federal adds $7000 to wage. - 625 employees benefit -- jack waite buildings to be replaced. - Another $7000 was added to the Coeur d'Alene district's montly mining payroll today when the Federal Mining and Smelting company announced it would...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-05-24
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-06-01


    • Wages at mines are now higher.

    • 1935

    • Wages at mines are now higher. - Approximately 3000 employees of the Sunshine, Bunker Hill, Hecla and Federal Mining and Smelting companies in the Coeur d'Alenes will receive $35,000 more per month as the result of a 50-cent per day increase in...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-06-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-07-26


    • Gold bank mine adds to force with two experts.

    • 1935

    • Gold bank mine adds to force with two experts. - Several experienced hydraulic operators from Alaska have been dispatched to the Gold Bank mine this week. Manager Fairbanks took three more miners a few days ago. The mine will be washing gold in a...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-07-26
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-10-25


    • Coeur d'Alene mines showing higher value.

    • 1935

    • Coeur d'Alene mines showing higher value. - Conditions in the Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho are much improved, and approximately 3000 men are employed in the mines on a five-day-a-week basis. Much of the revival is attributed to the record of the...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1935-10-25

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