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2 stories matching oblong

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:oblongata, ong, long, along, elong, oblat

  1. The Original Miners: How Native Americans Discovered the Metaline's Lead Riches

    Long before white prospectors staked claims, Indigenous people mined lead in the Metaline region to make bullets and slugs—and their ancient workings still dot the landscape.

    Sep 17, 1908The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentSullivan Creek, Metaline FallsBoom & Bust · Strange But True

  2. The Cave at the End of the Boundary Trail

    A 1908 Newport writer follows a blazed trail north of Metaline into a limestone cavern of bath-like basins, a 'Guardian of the Baths' and a music room already being vandalized.

    Sep 3, 1908The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) 1899-CurrentMetalineStrange But True

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