. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. m CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XIX. Number 12. } TORONTO, OflNrtDfV, DEGEMBER, 1898 J Terms,$ Per Year, i Single Copies, 10 Cents. A YUKON SAW MILL. In the early days of the Klondike rush, the crafts constructed for conveying gold seekers and their supplies down the lakes and the Yukon river to the heart of the gold fields at Dawson City were of the most primitive and crude design, and it is said that a number of the wrecks in the canyons and rapids are accounted
. Canadian forest industries 1897-1899. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. m CANADA LUMBERMAN Volume XIX. Number 12. } TORONTO, OflNrtDfV, DEGEMBER, 1898 J Terms,$ Per Year, i Single Copies, 10 Cents. A YUKON SAW MILL. In the early days of the Klondike rush, the crafts constructed for conveying gold seekers and their supplies down the lakes and the Yukon river to the heart of the gold fields at Dawson City were of the most primitive and crude design, and it is said that a number of the wrecks in the canyons and rapids are accounted for on these grounds. With the advent of saw mills the conditions were somewhat changed. The Min- ing Record furnishes the accompanying illustra- tion of one of these mills, together with the fol- lowing comment : A local company, incorporated in Victoria in January, and known as the Victoria-Yukon Trading Company, sent 30 men, in charge of one of their directors, Mr. M. King, a well- known and experi- enced coast logger, to Lake Bennett, and in the face of most tremendous difficul- ties a complete saw mill equipment, weighing altogether in the neighborhood of 200 tons, and in- cluding a 40 horse power engine and boiler, was trans- ported over the pass âa really remarkable feat, considering the then conditions of the trail, horses and men having to make their way through soft snow in many places many feet deep and up hill at that, dragging and carrying loads which would be trying enough on the level. At length, as is generally the case, pluck, perseverance and patience were rewarded, and by the middle of March the party arrived at Lake Bennett. The work of installing the ma- chinery was commenced forthwith, and within two weeks from that time the steam whistle startled the silence of that grim north country, and a steam saw mill was in full operation on the shore of Lake Bennett. Needless to say, the mill could hardly keep pace with the enormous â i demand for lumber that imm
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