LUMBERING IIST PIXE EEGIOX OE CALIFOENIA. 97 



Operating costs — Continued. 



Sawmill and yard^ Per 1,000 feet. 



Sawing $1. 75 



]\Iill maintenance 35 



Sorting 25 



Handling and piling QO. 



Loading 25 



Transportation^Wagon haul 2. 50 



General expenses- 

 Supervision and office 70 



Taxes and insurance 45 



$10. 70 



To tkis should be added an average allowance for depreciation of, 

 say .80 



Total cost 11. 50 



Mills of this class are usually situated close to the timber and at 

 some distance from either the local market or a common-carrier 

 railroad. In addition, they are often semiportable in character and 

 are moved from time to time in order to be near the timber. Con- 

 sequenth", the logging costs are low, but the cost of lumber transpor- 

 tation is high. In the example above the length of the wagon haul 

 is considered as about 7 miles. No allowance is made for surfacing, 

 as the lumber is usually disposed of rough. Very little expense is 

 necessary for selling because the lumber is generally sold to local 

 users or to some larger producer or box-shook manufacturer. 



SINGLE CIRCULAR MILL OPERATION. 



Operating costs: 



Logging— Per 1,000 feet. 



Felling, limbing, and bucking |0. 70 



Donkey yarding 1. 90 



Loading 30 



Hauling on trucks 2. 20 



Ptoad construction 20 



Sa\^Tnill and yard — 



Sawing 1. 70 



Mill maintenance 35 



Sorting 25 



Piling and handling 80 



Surfacing 30 



Loading 50 



General expense- - 



Superintendence and office (including mill and woods super- 

 vision) 55 



SelUng 20 



TaxcH and inHurance 50 



— $10.45 



Depreciation — ^A verage .95 



Total cost 11.40 



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