The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1899-12-30
OPERATIONS IN THE WOODS
Unusually Busy Season Mapped
Out by Lumbermen.

Journal Of Saturday last.
D. ]. Norton, who was in Hough-
ton Friday, stated that he was get
ting out 100000 feet of logs for
Chas. Hebard & Son on Iron River
in Ontonagon county, near Union
Bay, and over 5000, 900 feet on the
middle branch of the Ontonagon
river, making, with over 5000. .00C
feet Of old logs in the river, about
IL, 000,0 900 feet of logs, all for the
same parties. Mr.. Norton states
/ that the Hebards will cut about "a,
600, 600 feet next year. He also ex-
pressed the opinion that in this part
of the peninsula there would be at
least 20,0O0, 900 feet of hemlock got
ten out this winter by the leading
operators.
AS is well known, the finest stand
of hemlock on the upper peninsula
is along the shore OF Lake Superior
from Marquette to Huron Bay but
Mr.. Norton says that an equally fine
quality, though not the same guam
tity, is found along the shore beyond
Ontonagon. especially about Union
Bay. He says, too, that the Cleve-
land Cliffs Co., through Mr.. Red
fern, of Negaunee, has been purchas-
ing pine lands in Ontonagon county
recently, and has put about $40, 900
in back OF Bruce's crossing.
On all OF the hemlock cut this win
ter the bark will be wasted. The
Hebards own fully 300, 900, 900 feet
of standing hemlock but will not cut
any of their own, preferring to buy
their logs until such time as they
can sell the bark to some tannery at
the time they take out the logs.
Hemlock logs now bIing about
81, ,50a thousand,
Mr.. Norton says that more atten-
tion is being paid to he,nlock and
hardwood every year now and states
that "a very fine single band mill is
just being completed at Ontonagon
which will cut nothing but hard
wood, and which will p obably start
up Immediately after Jan. lst.
Along the Duluth division of the
South Shore road there are now in-
Vulnerable small jobbers, who get
out poles, posts, tagging, mining
timber and hemlock logs, and there
are still mills at Even which are
doing well by cutting over lands
which were cut by the Nesters aud
the Diamond Match company about
ten years ago, especially shingle
mills, which find a large amount Of
shingle timber that has escaped the
fires
In regard to present prices Mr.
Norton instanced mill culls at Sl3
thou sand now while last year he had
sold excellent common lumber at
$40. 80 thousand and was glad to
get it at that. He mentioned one
deal in timber so small that ten
years ago no one would have said
"thank you" for it. Where the
original investment was $4,000 On
an 81 estimate and where concern
offered $50, 900 for the logs but hag
gled so long that their option cx-
pired and the logs went where they
netted 500, 900, the mill at Ontona-
gon getting the 10000, 900 feet cut
at 50 per thousand. That price is
now being paid for logs, and small
logs. at that, on the river bank.
There are several important tim
ber deals on the tapis just now
which will soon be in shape to'be
given to the public.
1t is stated that the leather trust
has had several crews of cruisers out
estimating the standing hemlock
along this shore of Lake Superior,
the work having been in progress
for some three years back. Three
years ago they were working up
from Marquette to Huron Bay, two
years ago they estimated the hem
lock about Keweenaw bay and from
the bay, last year they were work
ing along the Ontonagon shore with
several crews, and it is supposed
that this year they have got along
towards the Wisconsin line or past
it. The upper peninsula Of Michi-
gan is regarded with great interest
by leather producers, as it is here
that the tan bark of the future must
be obtained when the Pennsylvania
supply runs short.
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