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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
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    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1926-12-29


    • $2,250,000 wage for Butte men - Anaconda spending $3,000,000 in preparation for 5000-foot shaft, says visitor - to electrify three - Badger may be included in equipment plan- Colonel Peak in ore again

    • 1926

    • $2,250,000 wage for Butte men - Anaconda spending $3,000,000 in preparation for 5000-foot shaft, says visitor - to electrify three - Badger may be included in equipment plan- Colonel Peak in ore again - The payroll in the Butte district of Montana...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Employment & wages. 1926-12-29
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1938-06-12


    • 1000-foot shaft for Whitedelf

    • 1938

    • 1000-foot shaft for Whitedelf - Bids are being obtained by the Whitedelf Mining and Development company for a new hoist. This is in preparation to extend the shaft to the 1000-foot depth from the 400, according to Compton I. White, president, Clark...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Bids & contracts. 1938-06-12
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1935-04-14


    • 50-ounce silver in Polaris vein

    • 1935

    • 50-ounce silver in Polaris vein.
      Struck in descending shaft at 730-foot depth, two brokers informed. Ore has been struck by the shaft being sunk in the property of the Polaris Development and Mining company, in the dry belt of the Coeur d'Alene...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1935-04-14
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1937-10-07


    • Accident stops mine operation

    • 1937

    • Accident stops mine operation - Operations at the Star mine at Burke were at a standstill today as the result of teh splineting of 1400 feet of shaft guides in teh Hecia mine shaft last night. The Star operates through the Helca shaft.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1937-10-07
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1925-08-09


    • Addison reports strikes - four feet of ore carries lead, silver and zinc

    • 1925

    • Addison reports strikes - four feet of ore carries lead, silver and zinc - Four feet of high grade milling ore containing silver, lead and zinc has been opened in the property of the Addison Copper company, near Keller, according to a report from...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1925-08-09
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1925-08-09


    • Ajax clearing new stope - expects to find remaining bodies lost in flood

    • 1925

    • Ajax clearing new stope - expects to find remaining bodies lost in flood - The muck that descended into the raise of the Ajax mining company at Burke, Idaho, came from a breach 125 feet long in the 200-foot level of the Moonlight tunnel shaft...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Accidents. 1925-08-09
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1928-12-05


    • Ajax mine shaft going down fast.

    • 1928

    • Ajax mine shaft going down fast. - The shaft in the Ajax mine in the Coeur d'Alenes is going down five feet toe ach round and should reach the 400 level in about 10 days, according to a Wallace report. A station will be cut on the 400-level and...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1928-12-05
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1928-11-28


    • Ajax nearing hercules vein.

    • 1928

    • Ajax nearing hercules vein. - Arrival at ore expected by crosscutting from bottom of deepened shaft. - A shaft being sunk from the Bixby tunnel level of the Ajax Mining company at Burke, Idaho, is at the 330-foot point and lacks about 70 feet of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1928-11-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1928-11-28


    • Ajax nearing Hercules vein

    • 1928

    • Ajax nearing Hercules vein.
      Arrival at ore expected by crosscutting from bottom of deepened shaft.
      A shaft being sunk from the Bixby tunnel level of the Ajax Mining company at Burke, Idaho, is at the 330-foot point and lacks about 70 feet of...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1928-11-28
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1931-08-26


    • An objective in Washington - shaft sunk to 300, where four veins will be crusscut- exploring 125 level

    • 1931

    • An objective in Washington - shaft sunk to 300, where four veins will be crusscut- exploring 125 level - The shaft sunk for the Washington-Idaho Mining company, on Moon creek near the Kellogg highway, in Idaho, has reached the 300 foot depth,...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Exploration. 1931-08-26
    • Northwest history. Mining. Finances. 1935-08-16


    • Arranges fund for mine work.

    • 1935

    • Arranges fund for mine work. - General Mines corporation has cut a station preparatory to sinking a two-compartment shaft at its property on Little Pine creek in the Coeur d'Alenes. H. G. Loop of Spokane, president of the company, leaves next week...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Finances. 1935-08-16
    • Northwest history. Mining. Brokers. 1928-09-11


    • Better ore in Evolution - reported by broker in month of sinking

    • 1928

    • Better ore in Evolution - reported by broker in month of sinking - Samples brought from the Evolution shaft, being sunk on the vein, have a greater metallic content than a month ago, according to W. F. Devlin Jr., mining stock broker, who has them...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Brokers. 1928-09-11
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1936-04-01


    • Big development in Bunker Hill

    • 1936

    • Big development in Bunker Hill.
      Deep areas will be entered in Crescent. Another huge shaft is descending in the Coeur d'Alene region. It is being sunk on the Crescent mine near the eastern boundary of the holdings of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1936-04-01
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-05-19


    • Big strike made in Morning mine

    • 1928

    • Big strike made in Morning mine.
      Rich ore found at depth of nearly one mile. Ore in a body 16 feet wide has been crosscut on the 3250-foot level of the Morning mine of the Federal Mining and Smelting company at Mullan, according to a statement...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-05-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Fires. 1938-06-21


    • Blaze in mine is controlled.

    • 1938

    • Blaze in mine is controlled. - Operations of the Federal Mining and Smelting company's Page mine, west of Kellogg, were suspended today, the result of a fire that broke out between the shaft station and stopes on the mine's 1500-foot level.
    • Northwest history. Mining. Fires. 1938-06-21
    • Northwest history. Mining. Inspection. 1918-05-19


    • Bluebird near ore body

    • 1918

    • Bluebird near ore body.
      Shiipment could be made in 60 days, says engineer. New shaft descending toward 200-foot level, where crosscutting starts. The shipment of ore within 60 days from the new shaft workings of the Loon Lake Bluebird Copper...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Inspection. 1918-05-19
    • Northwest history. Mining. Buildings. 1917-12-25


    • Bluebird raises steam - Loon Lake plant has been in operation 10 days - surface work completed- shaft is being retimbered- sinking soon to be resumed

    • 1917

    • Bluebird raises steam - Loon Lake plant has been in operation 10 days - surface work completed- shaft is being retimbered- sinking soon to be resumed - "The Loon Lake Bluebird company has completed the shaft within 30 days," said Harry H....
    • Northwest history. Mining. Buildings. 1917-12-25
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-08-21


    • Bobby Anderson shaft hits vein - rich showing made in property adjoining the Page mine

    • 1928

    • Bobby Anderson shaft hits vein - rich showing made in property adjoining the Page mine - Within a few feet of the tunnel level the shaft started in the Bobby Anderson property on Pine Creek, in the Coeur d'Alenes, has 20 inches of ore, almost pure...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Discovery. 1928-08-21
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1928-08-25


    • Bobby Anderson starting shaft.

    • 1928

    • Bobby Anderson starting shaft. - Begun on galene ore -- tunnel directed toward large surface showing. - The Bobby Anderson Mining company, operating near Kellogg, Idaho, has started a shaft on ore at a point in the tunnel 700 feet from the portal...
    • Northwest history. Mining. Developments. 1928-08-25

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