. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 24 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN July, 1905 within easy hauling distance of the mill. There is also quite a bit of cottonwood on the com- pany's limits which they intend to cut shortly and try as an experiment for wagon and buggy box stock. This wood is called whitewood by some. The timber is driven down the Elk river from the limits as far as is practicable, but a great deal is brought in by sleighs in winter— a road being made and a sprinkler being run all night until t
. Canadian forest industries 1905-1906. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 24 THE CANADA LUMBERMAN July, 1905 within easy hauling distance of the mill. There is also quite a bit of cottonwood on the com- pany's limits which they intend to cut shortly and try as an experiment for wagon and buggy box stock. This wood is called whitewood by some. The timber is driven down the Elk river from the limits as far as is practicable, but a great deal is brought in by sleighs in winter— a road being made and a sprinkler being run all night until the first hauling team starts in the morning. Owing to the cheapness of fuel (both wood As a rule the fir and the tamarac grow higher up on the mountain. Like all real practical lumbermen, both Mr. McDougall and Mr. Proctor are of the genial, sociable sort, ever ready to say a good word for a rival and always affable. In the accom- panying photo of the planing mill hands the group contains ten men belonging to No. 2 rifle company of the Rocky Mountain Rangers, The cut of the Ross mill runs about half white pine and a quarter each fir and tamarac. There is no spruce in this section of the Koo- tenay Valley. Formerly there was a big loss of logs when a one-log boom was used on the Kootenay river, but the Ross Company put in a 4-log boom anchored by 3-inch hawser lines and % inch steel chains. They anchor this boom to. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Don Mills, Ont. : Southam Business Publications
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