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LOGGING 



Two 4- by 6-inch stringers rest on the caps which are spiked 

 to the trestle. Solid braces which support the sides of the V-box 

 are placed on the stringers at 8-foot intervals. The details of 

 the brace and other features of the box are shown in Fig. 123, A. 



TERMINALS 



Flume terminals are of several different types. The choice 

 is dependent largely on the kind of material handled and its 



Fig. 127. — The Terminal of a Log Flume, near the Deerlodge National Forest, 

 Montana. This t>pe is known as an " elephant." 



disposal at destination. Logs, pulp wood and rough stock are 

 often dumped into streams, thus obviating the necessity for any 

 special form of terminal. 



On the Allen flume ^ in the Deerlodge National Forest in 

 Montana round mining timbers are transported to a storage 

 depot where they are loaded on cars and hauled to destination. 

 The flume is about 20 feet high at the dump and the logs are shot 

 out onto rollers on a platform. These carry the logs to the point 



1 See note on page 413. 



