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The crews consist of about six men working as follows : a saw- 

 yer, a sawyer's helper, an ofTbearer, a fireman, a teamster and a 

 yardman and general roustabout. 



The teamster, when he has placed a surplus of logs on the mill 

 yard, hauls a load of lumber to the market and is kept busy be- 

 tween the woods and market hauls. The largest mill, however, 

 keeps from one to two men hauling to market continually. Four 

 horses and two wagons carrying approximately 2,200 feet (1,100 

 feet per wagon) is the usual marketing equipment. The lumber 

 is practically green as it is hauled, weighing about 4^^ pounds to 

 the board foot. 



The mills are located from 15 to 25 miles from the market com- 

 munities and although small bills are often delivered to ranchers 

 at the mill, the bulk of the product is hauled to the market by the 

 millmen. The woods haul is from ^14 to 1>4 miles, averaging 

 about y2 mile. 



The material cut is Western Yellow pine of fair quality, averag- 

 ing seven logs per M feet B. M., and about 6 M feet per acre. 

 Scattered Douglas fir within the cutting area is cut and sold with 

 the pine, no distinction being made between the two species. 

 Three grades are recognized, firsts, seconds and "Mexican lum- 

 ber," the latter of which includes wany edges, punk knots, etc., 

 and is bought by the Mexican population, from which its grade 

 name is derived. The better grades of rough lumber are retailed 

 at from $22 to $27 per M feet delivered at a 15 mile market, 

 surfaced material bringing from $30 to $34. "Mexican lumber" 

 brings $5 per M at the mill yard. 



The following figures on operation costs were given by the most 

 up-to-date and business-like mill men and represent an opera- 

 tion slightly above the average in size and "get up." 



Per M feet 



Felling and Limbing $1.25 



Brush Piling 25 



Hauling to Mill 3.00 



Sawing 4.00 



Piling and handling (yard) • 50 



Hauling to 15 mile market G.OO 



Surfacing 5.00 



Incidentals, wear, overhead, etc 75 



$19.75 



