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Priest Lake Museum : Mining Exhibit

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• Mining - Woodrat
• 18.8
• Woodrat Mine — circa 1920s or 1930's
• Image looking along the rail line at the Woodrat Mine, looking towards a building and the rail cart. Written on the back of the imate is "Woodrat Mine, Luby Bay, 1920's or 1930's"... View Full Record
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• Mining - Continental
• 24.6
• Continental Mine — 1937
• Image of the buildings of the Continental Mine. Large Tailing piles are visible. A treed hillside in the background. Written on the back of the image is: "Continental Mine, Blue Joe Creek, July 8, 1937. Near upper Priest"... View Full Record
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• Mining - Woodrat
• 2009.3.1
• Memorandum of Report Made Orally To Meeting of the Board of Directors Held November Third 1944
• Memorandum of a Report made to the Board of Directors of the Kaniksu Mining company in November 1944. This report deals with many of the mines in the Priest Lake area but focuses on the Woodrat mining claim and property. Gives dates of Mine Locatio... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.7.1
• Kootenai Mining Company share
• Kootenai Mining Company, No. 2 LTD. $1.00 share of stock issued to Edward Moulton and signed by Andrew Coolin. Stock has three images along top with space to add number (72) and shares (317,000). Band with company name and below lists owner of stoc... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.13.67
• Mitchell's Mine claim
• Mitchell's Mine with Bill Brawley, Leonard Paul, and Bob Gumaer. Leonard Paul at age 16. Written on the mining car "Mitchell's Mining Claim Tunnel # 50.... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.13.69
• New York—Mountain Chief Mining Stock
• New York-Mountain Chief Consolided Mining Co. Stock share from 1914. Two thousand shares issued from Priest River to Leonard Paul and signed by George Mudgett (?) secretary and J. Mitchell, President. On left side top is image of helmeted woman and... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.2
• Milwaukee Mines HQ shed
• Milwaukee Mines Headquarters (Kalispell Day Use Area) garage and shed... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.3
• Milwaukee Mines Kalispel Bay diggings
• Milwaukee Mines Kalispell # 2 tunnel, which collapsed because the development of the road disturbed the sand.... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.4
• Milwaukee Mines HQ Boathouse
• Milwaukee Mines HQ in Kalispel Bay boathouse which stored the boats used to service the mines on the lake. Richard Green on left. Built after the fire in late 1920s. Now the Kalispell Day Use Area.... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.6
• Kalispell Mine looking at lake
• Kalispell #2 tunnel, part of the Milwaukee Mines HQ in Kalispel Bay.... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.7
• Kalispell Mine with Arthur Hooper
• Kalispell #2 tunnel with Arthur Hooper, part of the Milwaukee Mines HQ in Kalispel Bay. Green recalled that the ore cars, wheels and rail came from the Union Iron Works in Spokane.... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.9
• Kalispell Mine dump
• Kalispell #2 tunnel dump near the Milwaukee Mines HQ in Kalispel Bay. Maybe Louis Peterson, an immigrant who did work for Arthur Hooper.... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.10
• Arthur Hooper with bulldozer
• Arthur Hooper, who owned the Milwaukee Mines Hq in Kalispel Bay. Green recalled that while physically strong, Hooper hired help to do all the work. Green thought that the man with Hooper was named Johnson. Green also recalled that after WWII, H... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.19
• Lone Ranger mine on the Little Priest Lake
• Lone Ranger mine on the Little Priest Lake. Part of the Milwaukee Mines Co.... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.20
• Boat Milwaukee with Hooper
• The boat Milwaukee used by the Milwaukee Mining Co to service the workers at the different mines around the lake bringing food and supplies. Boathouse at Kalispell Bay. Green recalled the family also used the buildings for family use and when the For... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.25
• Monterey Cabin
• The writing on the front of the black and white copy says "Monterey" and the writing on the back of the photo says "Back side of Monterey Cabin, 1936 Dodge 4 speed truck". This photo is a picture of a log cabin in the woods with a Dodge truck parke... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.26
• Virginia Mine Building
• Written on the front of the black and white copy is "The Virginia, July 1948". Written on the back of the photo is "Virginia Mine Bldg. Cooper Bay". It is a picture of the Virginia Mine building in the forest, located by Cooper bay. There is a boat b... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2009.16.27
• Milwaukee Headquarter After Remodel of Boat House
• Written on the front of the black and white copy is "June 1949". Written on the back of the photo is "Milwaukee Headquarter after Remodel of Boat House".... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2011.21.27
• Milwaukee Mines Sign on County Road
• Black and white Image from disc, there is no photograph in the file. Caption reads: "Signs on County Road and on Road to Buildings. One of a set (#149 to 164) of prints and negs requested by E.F. Barry, Chief of R&L to Forest Supervisor, Kaniksu NF.... View Full Record
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• Mining
• 2012.17.2
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• Object is a blueprint map of the Priest Lake Mining Company properties that accompanied the Willam Burk letters to John Hearding. In 1904 this land was part of Kootenai County. Located and named are numerous claim sites within the Gold Creek and C... View Full Record