The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-18
MILL OPERATIONS
ON LARGE SCALE
FEW LUMBER MILLS WILL CLOSE
BEFORE NEXT SPRING.
Majority Have Work on Hand to Keep
Busy All Winter and Give Employ
ment to Many Workers-New Tracts
Opened and Several Plants Extend
Field of Labor.
Special to The journal,

Special to The Journal
Duluth, Mimi, Dec. 1s.-Only two sawmills
running at the head Of the lake, the st.
Louis now owned by the Virginia Lumber COM
pany and the lower mill of Alger, Smith g.
Co. The old Leisure mill, bought recently by the
same persons who own the st. Louis, Is being re-
built and will be In operation In about two
weeks. The old Hubbard & Vincent, now owned
by William O'Brien and associates, Is being re-
built and should start up this month. The Red
Cliff mill, which was in operation year ago. Is
not to run this winter, in all probability, and the
Scott Graf mill, which has been regular WIN
ter operator, is now idle and may remain SO q
mouth more but will no doubt be In opera
ton before spring.
Scanlon mill of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber COM
pany, are both running, having started up this
week. They will be busy till spring. The other
mills at Cloquet are still idle. The Iron River
mill, now owned by the Hines Lumber COM
pany, started up this week for the winter after
some repairs had been made to the mill and
machinery plants. The small LAM mill at
Waldo on the line Of the Duluth Iron Range
road. is to start up in few days for
days for all-winter run. At Virginia the
Virginia Lumber company's large mill Is operat-
the mills along the verlnillian range at Tower
| or Winton, are running this winter. The Bailey
| mill there will also run all winter, and impor.
| tant improvements and changes have been made
| about the plant ,
| Operations at Superior.
| The MurrayMcCann mill at Superior ha:
| closed for the year with a smaller cut than u
! 1904, amounting to about 20,OO0,000 feet. Il
was found impossible to keep the mill running
! longer tho 1t had been hoped to do 80. Me,
were scarce and difficult to keep on hand Thu
mill was running some time later last year, ant
maintained a night and day crew to the close
This has been impossible this The bi,
| mill Of the Crookston Lumber company at Be
! midi has closed after successful seasons run
| It employed about 800 men, who have now gon
| into the woods. The company's planning mill
busy all winter. The planning mill and factor
of the Red Cliff company in this city will b
busy all winter, and is employing very larg
force. Its business is rapidly extending.
The Rogers-Ruger Lumber company of Supe
rior is to move Its planning mill to Catlin ave
and expects to materially enlarge its business
The Red Cliff company has made large add
ton to its Offices at Thirty ninth avenue wes
Duluth doubling the space formerly occupied
and will move in at once.
| The Hines Lumber company Is logging a sma
/; tract Of timber this city for which it pal
100000 a schort time ago. The ira,
is estimated to be worth about $500
900. This is one Of the fines
in this region, running about $4,000 to the acr
. and has passed thru successive ownerships fro
a sale at $4,000 only ten years ago to Walt
, Of ten times that amount now. This is an II
teresting comment ON the increase In the yalr
Of pine timber near Lake Superior. The Him
company Is employing many men In this d1stri
this winter, both in the woods and at the mill
, and is much more important factor than 1t h,
: ever been. The Iron River mill alone which b;
: just been started up, Is now employing in mi
l and woods more than 500 men, and the vario
= operations near the head Of the lake by tn
company show at least 1000, and probably 4,5
r men at work.