The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-18
DEAD And DOWN CUT
Much Good Stock Secured by Port.
able Mills in Northern Mime
sofa Forests.
Lumber Sales Small in Volume Just
at Present Canadian North
west Shipments.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Duluth. Mimi, May 1S.-Several porta-
Ole mills. to cut dead and down timber,
are going in at various points. There is
one north of Two Harbors, some on the
line of the Great Northern toward Foss-
ton and near Hinckley, and one Is to start
between Nickerson and Sandstone. Old
timber that has lain on the ground for
years Is being carefully culled and a sur
;prising amount of good stock is being
made from it, tho there is much that is
absolutely worthless, and the buyers have
to exercise the greatest caution.
The two-band mill erected the past win
ter at Virginia by Plummer & Ash of Du-
iluth, under contract with Cook & O'Brien,
has started up and will be saving steadi-
~ soon. 1t Is a large and well equipped
mill and is abundantly supplied with logs
Tor many years operation. The large mill
OF the Tower Lumber company, which has
been idle for five weeks for repairs has
resumed work and will saw day and night
the year thru. Most of the product of
this mill comes here for eastern shipment.
The Plummer & Ash mill will also ship
mere for the eastern trade, but the 1nd1-
cations are that as soon as the Duluth,
Virginia & Rainy Lake road is completed
thru to a connection with the Canadian
Northern at the boundary, much Of this
mills product will so into the Canadian
northwest, where lumber prices are high
and where the demand is exceeding the
supply, Minneapolis is shipping into that
country, and mills north of Duluth, with
reasonably direct railway connection, are
far better situated for this trade than
Minneapolis. The D., V. & r. I. will give
a very direct connection with the Mani
toba and Assinaboine country.
The mill of Peyton, Kimball & Barber,
the only one now standing at Superior.
starts up this week, with an assured cut
of about 10000, 900 feet.
The w. I. Bailey mill at Virginia has
started up for the summer after brief
shutdown for repairs. There are some
4,0O0,0 900 feet Of logs on hand at the mill.
After a shutdown for week, the De
Long & Chamberlain mill at Nickson has
resumed work and will saw all the year.
In the fall of 1904 the mill will probably
complete it's work and will be moved to
the west coast Logging is carried on
all the year round and the mill has about
5000, 900 feet on hand now.
During the present rush of lumber boats
at the head of the lake, about 600 to 700
showers have been employed The union
numbers not more than 800 men, and there
has been a great call for nom union men.
Under the arrangement entered into for
this year the shippers have the right to
employ non-union showers If boat lies
two hours at dock and the union Is un"
able, in that time, to man here. Last
year the time was five hours, and the
present CnanSe IndkeS IL d great uehl DSI-
ter for shippers. Not less than thirty TIC
thlrty-five bouts have been loading at once
the past week. Bad weather for two days
has delayed shipments, but they are on
again In full swing.
Lumber sales continue tho in small vol
ume One manufacturer sold about 1,O00,-
600 feet last week and a local wholesale
yard about as much, while other smaller
sales have been many in number and con-
siderable in volume.