. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Saw Mill at Georgetown, B. C. —End View of Mill, Showing Water Flume with Lumber Yards to the Left. The Boom is Empty. ern or any other transcontinental road that is heading towards Prince Rupert and Port Simpson. It is eight miles from Port Simp- son and fourteen from Prince Rupert. The mill is run by one of the best water powers on the coast, the source being some lakes about a mile in the rear of the property. A view of the falls is shown in one of the illustration
. Canadian forest industries 1907. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. Saw Mill at Georgetown, B. C. —End View of Mill, Showing Water Flume with Lumber Yards to the Left. The Boom is Empty. ern or any other transcontinental road that is heading towards Prince Rupert and Port Simpson. It is eight miles from Port Simp- son and fourteen from Prince Rupert. The mill is run by one of the best water powers on the coast, the source being some lakes about a mile in the rear of the property. A view of the falls is shown in one of the illustrations. There is an ideal place in the little harbor at the mills for keeping logs, and everything is shipped by steamer or tug and scows. The lumber cut in this portion of British Columbia is spruce, hemlock, red and yellow cedar, and a little The mill is a circular, with re-saw, hand edger and trimmers, planer, moulder, box- making machinery, etc., the capacity being 30,000 feet daily. The lumber is distributed through the yard and to the wharf by hand cars and a rail track. The trade is largely with Prince Rupert, Port Simpson-, Maple Bay mines and the salmon canneries on the Skeena and Naas rivers. The box trade has always been a large factor in the business of this mill. Heretofore nearly all the logs have been ob- tained from Indian hand loggers, the Indians in these parts being industrious and thrifty. Most of the employes are Indians and Japan- ese, with a few whites. The personnel of the company is Mr. D. M. Moore, manager of the Cassiar Packing Com- pany, president; Mr. C. W. Peck, managing director and secretary; Mr. II. Peck, the well- known millwright, foreman, and Dr. Kergin, The Grand Trunk Pacific are starting con- struction this fall and are going to make things hum, in fact, this mill is located in the centre of a district which is certain to ex- perience one of the greatest booms in Western history. Northern British Columbia is the country of the
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