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Northport Smelter 1916 - 1921

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In Sept. 1915, the smelter property was purchased for $80,000 by the Hercules Mining Co. and the Custer Consolidated Mining Co. with brothers Eugene and Jerome Day trustees for the two firms. By March 1916, the smelter was renovated for the treatment of lead ores.*

Colville Examiner Sept 25,1915
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1916
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In 1917, a Cottrell precipitator was installed to recover metals lost through the chimney
Frederick Gardner Cottrell
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from Northport Pioneers by the Northport Over Forties Club
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"By 1919, the Northport plant had complete equipment for sampling, crushing, sintering, and smelting gold, silver, and lead ores, including a drossing plant, thaw house, assay office, engineering office, general office, store room, hospital, fire and electrical systems, machine shop, roaster building, and sampling mill." *

Description of smelter operations
Washington Geological Survey

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Lead bullion produced at Northport was refined in Pennsylvania.
Inability to secure favorable freight rates led to closure of the Northport smelter in 1921.*


*  University of Idaho special collections and archives 'Northport Smelting and Refining Company'
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  • Home
    • Smelter Monument
    • Fire House House
    • Cemeteries
  • A History of Northport
  • The Virtual Museum
    • What a Stranger Saw 1901
    • Schools
    • Landmarks >
      • landmarks page 2
      • The Opera House
      • Kendrick Mercantile
      • Smelter Pumping Station
    • Ferries
    • Bridging the Columbia
    • Northport Fires >
      • One More Fire
      • 1898 Fire
      • 1914 fire
      • School Gym
      • New Zealand Hotel fire
    • Northport Smelter 1897-1910 >
      • Washington Geologic Survey 1902
    • Northport Smelter 1916-1921 >
      • Washinton Geological Survey 1921
    • Waterfalls, Lakes and the Columbia River
    • other resources >
      • Powering Northport 1893-1942
      • Polk Directory 1911-1912
      • Polk Directory 1916-17
      • 1922 Phone Book
  • The Welcome Center Project
    • Case Statement
    • history
    • donate
  • membership application