Forest-Industry Employment 



All together, the forest products industries of the 

 region accounted for about 7,100 man-years of work 

 in 1943 (fig. 16). This included the organizations 

 engaged in management of public and private forest 

 lands and those set up to prevent and control forest 

 fires and insect depredations. The total wages paid 

 amounted to $8,800,000. More than one-third of the 

 work was in logging and hauling raw materials, 

 nearly a quarter in sawing and milling lumber and 

 manufacturing handles and barrels from native 

 resources, and the remainder of the work in those 

 manufactures that are almost entirely dependent on 

 raw material from other sections. 



Much of this work is seasonal and intermittent; so 

 the number of persons who owe their livelihood at 

 least in part to the forest products industries is con- 

 siderably more than 7,100. Some of the mine- 

 timber and saw-timber production and virtually all 

 the fuel-wood and fence-post production are ofT- 



FOREST MANAGEMENT 

 LOGGING 8 HAULING 



for MINE TIMBERS 



for SAWLOGS 



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for OTHER LOGS 





for FUEL WOOD 



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for FENCE POSTS 



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SYRUP 



41 



MANUFACTURE 



SAWMILLS AND 

 PLANING MILLS 



FURNITURE PLANTS 



OTHER WOOD- 

 USING PLANTS 



PAPER BOX MFG. 



fcl 



season work done by farmers. Man) ol the sawmills 



and planing mills operate only a few weeks in 



On the other hand, most of the factori' ■- operate on a 



year-round basis. Many of the mine-timber and 



larger sawmill operators also maintain continuous 



operation. 



Wood Required jor Mining 



Mining requires large quantities of wood (fig. 17). 

 By far the largest use of wood in anthracite mining is 

 for timbers to shore up the walls and roofs of the 

 workings. In contrast to the bituminous field, where 

 veins are generally thin and light timbers can be used, 

 the anthracite mines require many heavy timbers. 

 Mine props are generally round and range from 4 to 

 30 inches in diameter, and from 3 to 30 feet in length. 

 Poles vary in length up to 10 feet, with butt diameters 

 ranging from 3 to 6 inches. Lagging is usually 2 to 4 

 inches in diameter and up to 6 feet long. 



The mines also use considerable lumber. Rough 



MAN YEARS 

 207 



1,461 



359 



26 



593 



19 



19 



TOTAL 7105 



Figure 1(>. Forest and forest-industry employment in 1943. 

 The Anthracite Forest Region A Problem Au<i 



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