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152 stories matching ore
- Gold, Silver, Tin—and a Secret Location in the Black Hills
A prospector arrives in Olympia with ore said to carry gold, silver, tin and cinnabar, but he won’t say where it came from.
- The Morning Mine Cuts Into a 60-Foot Ledge of Galena
A company announcement claims the largest body of galena ore yet found in the Northwest, and the Metaline district suddenly has proof that its mineral wealth runs deep.
- Leavenworth's Nickel Boom: 'The Largest in the World'
A carload of ore from the Negro Creek district sets off visions of the greatest mining camp in the United States.
- Five Levels Down, Orient's First Thought Mine Hits a Wall of Gold
A sixty-foot stope averaging better than $100 a ton — and assays running to $800 — convinces the Stevens County camp that the deeper it digs, the richer the ground gets.
- A Gold Rush on Silver Creek
A spectacular assay of ore has ignited a fever of excitement in Snohomish.
- The Gold Rush Under Your Feet
A sewer excavation in a fashionable Spokane district unearths gold-bearing ore worth $2,000 a ton.
- Copper, Silver, and a Close Call: Newport's Mining District Heats Up
Promising strikes at the Bornite and Last Chance mines draw new capital and extra shifts—but a hoist accident leaves one miner badly hurt.
- Andrew Carnegie’s Advice to Washington
The steel magnate urges the state to showcase its vast iron ore deposits at the upcoming World’s Fair.
- Golden Chariot Mine Prepares First Shipment
High-grade copper ore is being hauled to the Oroville station for a trial shipment to the smelter.
- The Oriole Mine Strikes Pay Dirt
After months of development in the Metaline camp, the Oriole mine prepares to ship high-grade lead and silver ore.
- The Perilous Passage of the Spokane Rapids
A bold river captain finally conquers the treacherous Columbia rapids, signaling a new lifeline for the region’s isolated mining camps.
- Five Feet of Lead and a Mining Camp's Big Break
Newport investors strike a rich oxidized lead vein in the Metaline district, with assays promising $31.68 a ton and a mill within 40 days.
- The Snow That Stole the Gold: Snohomish County’s Mining Boom Hits a Wall
Arthur Hank, a prominent local investor, returns from Snohomish County with news of rich ore deposits—but warns that an unprecedented winter is halting development just as the region stands on the brink of becoming a major mining center.
- An English Syndicate Bets $100,000 on Stevens County Lead and Silver
A Chicago mining journal tours the Metaline district, where companies are sinking shafts, building tramways and waiting on a railroad to turn lead and silver claims into a boom.
- Copper World Extension Puts Hopes on a Smelter Test
After years of inactivity and economic hardship, local miners attempt to prove the viability of a massive, long-neglected ore deposit.
- The Industrial Ambition of Monte Cristo
A detailed look at the massive capital investments and engineering feats transforming the Snohomish County mountains into a mining powerhouse.
- A Frontier Prospector Finds Her Own Vein
Mrs. W. Miller returns to Seattle from the mines of Okanogan County, credited by her husband for discovering a high-quality ore vein during their summer development work.
- Newport Mining District Strikes a 22-Inch Copper Vein
The Boruite Mining and Co. reports a significant copper find, while assays from the Key and Last Chance properties show ore worth $44.44 a ton.
- The Copper Bonanza on San Juan Island
Local entrepreneurs Morgan and O'Bryant strike it rich with a silver-laced copper vein, promising to transform the rugged island into a major mining hub.
- The Iron Rush of Seattle
A prospector's accidental discovery of iron ore in Seattle sparked dreams of industrial wealth, but the path to prosperity proved to be paved with legal delays and broken promises.
- The Railroad Reaches for Marshall Lake's Mines
Northern Pacific applies for a land patent covering worked mining claims near Marshall Lake, and claim owners prepare to fight.
- A Vaudeville Elopement Interrupted
A teenage vaudeville performer abandons her plan to run away to Spokane after being overcome by guilt over her mother's illness.
- The Gold Rush Hits Grays Harbor
Prospecting fever reached Aberdeen and Elma as locals claimed new iron and gold strikes near local schools and riverbeds.
- The Lockwood Claim and Washington's 1880 Gold Rush
Reports from Ellensburg described a profitable 1880 season at the Lockwood claim and other quartz mining operations in the region.
- A Mining Boom Bites at the Metalines
New concentrators, a wagon road, a rich strike and a $1.5 million company put Newport at the center of a swelling lead-and-silver rush.
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- A $50,000 Concentrator Heads Down the Pend d'Oreille
Machinery for a 200-ton ore concentrator is bound for Metaline, shipped through Newport and floated downriver on a homemade lumber raft.
- The Silver-Lead Company Bets on Metaline
Ore assays, new concentrators, and a bunkhouse point to a mining camp shaking off its slow start—and Newport money is buying in.
- Twenty-Four Miles of Missing Road Between the Mines and the Smelter
Citizens of Northport, Orient and Metaline pay for their own survey, then head to Olympia to ask the legislature for a wagon road that would tie Metaline's ore to a smelter — and Metaline to Newport.
- The Forgotten Iron Gorge of the Cascades
A survey of the remote Denny mining claims near Snoqualmie Pass reveals a rugged, dangerous 'wonder land' of hidden mineral wealth.
- Mining in the Naches River Wilderness
Prospectors venture into the rugged Naches mining district, battling difficult terrain and unbridged crossings in search of silver.
- The Rush for the Okanagan Mines
A party of Spokane residents returns from an 800-mile expedition to the newly opened mineral fields, predicting a massive influx of prospectors.
- The Concentrator That Never Pounded
A $20,000 mining mill stood ready to turn mountains of lead ore into profit, but a $250 judgment, a $16,000 mortgage and a boardroom feud left Metaline waiting for a boom that never came.
- A Copper Strike Four Miles North of Newport
Spokane investors return enthusiastic from the Bornite claims as crews push an 800-foot tunnel through the winter.