Aerial View of the Magnesite Plant

ID: 5503 ~ Source: L87-1.18281-40 The Eastern Washington State Historical Society Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture ~ Creator: Charles Libby ~ Date: 1940

This file appears in: The Magnesite of Chewelah: The backbone of two world wars

This file appears in: The Magnesite of Chewelah: The backbone of two world wars

The Magnesite of Chewelah: The backbone of two world wars

By Zachary Welsh

The Northwestern Magnesite Company, with its main processing plant just south of Chewelah, Washington and various mines and quarries in Northeastern Washington, helped supply a majority of the…