History of Mendocino County, California : comprising its geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber . hat thetlummy can be run either way. By this cog-wheel combination great poweris gained, but not so much can be said for its speed, though a maximum often miles an hour can be attained. On our way to the mill we pass through a little village of shanties andcottages, which prove to be the residences of the choppers and the men en-gaged in the woods. Farther on we pass thi-ough a barren, deserted section,whence the trees have all been cat years ago, and naught but their bl
History of Mendocino County, California : comprising its geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber . hat thetlummy can be run either way. By this cog-wheel combination great poweris gained, but not so much can be said for its speed, though a maximum often miles an hour can be attained. On our way to the mill we pass through a little village of shanties andcottages, which prove to be the residences of the choppers and the men en-gaged in the woods. Farther on we pass thi-ough a barren, deserted section,whence the trees have all been cat years ago, and naught but their black-ened stumps remain now, grim vestiges of the pristine glory of the forestprimeval. Now we pass around a grade, high overhanging the river, andwith a grand sweep enter the limits of the mill-yard. Our great log is nowrolled from the car to the platform, and in its turn is placed upon a smallcar for transportation to the saws. A long rope, which passes around a drumin the mill, is attached to the car and slowly but surely it is drawn up theincline into the mill. Our log is too large for the double-circular, hence the. <^7^^ W&tA^</^ MILLS AND MILLING. 139 muley-saw must first rip it in two. This is a slow process, aud as we havunearly thirty minutes on our hands, while waiting for our log to pass throughthis saw, let us pa}-- a visit to the shingle-mill. The timber of which shinglesare made is split into triangular or wedge-shaped pieces, about four feetlong and about sixteen inches in diameter, which are called bolts. The firstprocess is to saw the bolts into proper lengths for shingles, although insome mills there are drag or cross-cut saws, run by steam, which cut ofisections of the log just the desired length. A block is then fastenedinto a rack which passes by a saw, and the shingle is ripped oft. As therack passes back a ratchet is brought into requisition, which moves thebottom of the block in toward the saw just the thickness of the butt of theshingle, and the t
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