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the tree in one log, as is done with the conifers in the spruce 

 region. 



The logs are cut in the fall and winter and hauled out on sleds 

 to the mills. No expensive roads are constructed for this work, 

 ordinary woods roads and the regular highways furnishing satis- 

 factory facilities. The tendency of the hardwoods to sink when 

 driven prevents the use of this method of transportation, even if 



Photograph by J. P. Reed. 



Fig. 102. — One of the many small water powers, furnishing power to a stationary sawmill. 



drivable streams were available. Occasionally the logs are 

 shipped by rail considerable distances to a mill, but usually are 

 delivered on sleds to mills near the place of cutting. 



Many small mills, both portable and stationary, are distrib- 

 uted throughout the region, and there are very few large sawmills. 

 In the early days of settlement, stationary mills were installed, 

 and run by the little water powers which are here so abundant. 

 With the development of the country and general utilization of 

 the virgin timber larger mills were occasionally built. These 

 finally were crowded out by the exhaustion of extensive bodies 



