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373 stories matching silver
- Bureaucratic Delay Stalls Puyallup Land Commission
Federal inertia leaves a key commission unappointed, as the Interior Department claims it is too busy with the national silver debate.
- The Shack on South Third Street
A tenant returns to find his small business, stock-in-trade, and silver knives unceremoniously dumped in the street.
- A Ledge of Bismuth: Deer Park's Tungsten King Assays Rich
Miners drifting into the Tungsten King hit an eight-foot ledge assaying $1,100 a ton in bismuth, with silver and gold besides.
- The Hidden Wealth of the North Cascades
New mineral discoveries near the head of the Cascade Pass, including the massive QuinnSabie ledge, promise to turn the wilderness into a mining powerhouse as the railroad approaches.
- Death of a Local Coal Baron
Benjamin B. Jones, a foundational figure in the development of the Coast's coal mines, passes away at 64.
- The Hungry Teenager Who Could Not Resist
After a kind Kennewick woman fed a hungry 17-year-old drifter, he stole her silver mesh bag and watch, later telling police he felt a strange compulsion to commit the crime.
- The Silver Fight That Split Washington's Republicans
A packed Spokane convention picked judges and congressmen, then turned on a single plank: whether the party would demand free silver.
- Five Million Tons of Iron Ore Reported on the Pend Oreille
Spokane and Coeur d'Alene investors say they have uncovered a deposit near the Canadian line to rival Minnesota's Mesabi range — silver and lead included.
- Republicans Ride to Spokane to Pick Judges — and to Fight Over Silver
The state GOP gathers September 19 to nominate two congressmen and two supreme court justices. But the real contest is over a free-silver plank, pushed hard by the mining counties around Spokane.
- The Last Embrace on the Precipice
A Shoshone hunter discovers the remains of a man and a grizzly bear locked in a final, lethal tangle in the Washington wilderness.
- The Intellectual Con Artist of the Fife Hotel
A well-dressed man claiming to be the former secretary to Sir John Macdonald flees Tacoma after leaving behind a trail of worthless checks.
- The $15,000 Orchard Gamble on Newport's South Bench
An Iowa-backed land company buys a donkey engine, clears stumps and lays out Cedar Park lots, betting Newport's bench land can become fruit country.
- A Missing Man, a Secret Silver Oath, and a Sheriff's Certainty
Charles K. Gloystein vanished after refusing a vigilante pledge; Sheriff Pugh blamed political enemies in Spokane County's Populist hotbed.
- Safe-Crackers Raid Dayton Saloon
Thieves bypass the law and a saloon vault, walking away with silver and a taste for the house's best whiskey.
- The Brutal Rise of Seattle Football
In a 1892 hard-fought battle against Tacoma, Seattle claimed the silver championship cup in a match that saw players crashing into the dust.
- Local Marble Works Stakes a Claim
A local stone business proves that Stevens County granite and marble can compete with regional giants.
- The Saw That Conquered the Snohomish Timber Frontier
Before high-tech machinery, local loggers relied on the 'Silver Steel' saw, a tool marketed as the most efficient way to fell the giants of Washington Territory.
- The Gold Medal of the Sea
Martha White of Copalis receives a federal gold medal for her heroic rescue of three drowning men.
- Masked Highwaymen Strike Near the Rainier Hotel
A teamster is held at gunpoint by two masked men just blocks from one of Seattle’s grandest hotels.
- Political Heckling at the Madison Street Grounds
A local political orator attempts to rally support against the Post-Intelligencer's stance on silver coinage, drawing a crowd of 150.
- Spokane’s Thunder: Four Thousand Voters Demand John L. Wilson Be Retired
A petition drive in Spokane turns the U.S. Senate fight into a referendum on silver and railroad pooling—and boosts George Turner as the people’s choice.
- Bears on Driftwood and Bridge Washouts in the Skykomish River
Heavy rains trigger a freshet in the mountains, leading to washed-out bridges and one very calm bear navigating the rapids on a log.
- An International Love-Feast at the Boundary
Washington and British Columbia celebrate the completion of the Fairhaven & Southern Railroad with silver hammers and toasts to a shared future.
- A Lesson in Redistribution at the Woodshed
A young boy takes his father's fiery political rhetoric about wealth equality a bit too literally, with painful consequences.
- Salmon War on the Waterfront
Seattle fishermen organize a new union to challenge cannery owners over falling fish prices.