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WESTERN OREGON 
SURVEY UNITS 
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Grays Harbor 
Columbia River,Wash. 
Columbia River,Oreg. 
Willamette River 
North Oregon coast 
Umpqua River 
South Oregon coast 
. Rogue River 
CAPACITY OF MILLS 
@ 51-200 M per-8-hr. day 
°o 1-50 M per day 
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@ 20!M or more per 8-hr. day 
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Ficure 26.—Location of sawmills in the Douglas-fir region 
for ordinary dwellings to ship and bridge decking; 
ceiling, siding, and boards; dimension lumber of 
many sizes; large timbers for oil derricks, bridges, 
and other types of heavy construction; factory 
The 
smaller mills produce fewer items, and some manu- 
lumber; railroad ties; and many other items. 
facture one class of products—ties, for example— 
almost exclusively. 
Sawmills 
Sawmills range in size from small portable mills 
operated by a few men to huge plants employing 
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more than 1,000 people each. In 1934, approxi- 
mately 74 percent of the 988 sawmills in the region 
were active during at least part of the year (table 
31). 
number of small and medium-sized mills that were 
idle. 
than western Washington, had 8 million board 
A significant fact is the relatively large 
Western Oregon, with 124 more sawmills 
feet less installed 8-hour capacity. ‘This is due to 
the large number of small mills in western Oregon, 
The 
large mills are concentrated in a few localities (fig. 
most of which are in the Willamette Valley. 
26) and with some exceptions are located on tide- 
