The copper era., 1906-09-06
Col. Greene Makes Formal Statement
About His Timber.

! following statement relative to mis-
timber interests in Chihuahua:
During the past few months L have
received great number of inquiries
in relation to the timber lands be-
longing to the Sierra Madre Land
and Lumber company, of which the
Greene Consolidated Copper COM
pany acquired during the past year
81 per cent. of its S15,000,O00 capital
stock.
The Sierra Madre ] and and Lum-
Der com oany owns 2,2l5,O00 acres of
heavy pine timber, situated in the
northwestern portion of the state of
Chihuahua and the northeastern part
of the state of Sonora. This land,
lying at an altitude OF about 5000
feet above sea level, is well watered
by numerous streams; it is very fer
tile and enjoys one of the best eli
mates in the world. 1t is covered
with the best quality of pine timber,
of varieties known as Oregon yellow
pine and white pine, together with
small portions of heavy hemlock,
oak and cedar. Competent timber
experts who have gone over the
property thoroughly have placed the
average stumpage at from 1000 to
5000 feet per acre, or an aggregate
of from 5000, 900, 900 to II, 900, 200, 900
feet.
During the past six months road
was surveyed from the preseut ter
minus of the Chihuahua & Pacific
road to the principal mills of the
company located at San Pedro
Springs, a distance of about forty
miles. The road is now nearly COM
pleted, grading being nearly done,
bridging well under way, the steel
rails, ties, etc, being on the ground
and track laying under way. This
road will be completed to the mills
about the 18th of October, after
which time the mines of the Greene
Consolidated Copper company and
adjacent properties will receive their
timber supply from this source.
Five hundred cars are being built for
us by the Pullman company for this
traffic, delivery of which will be
made in October.
The control of this timber tract
was purchased by the Greene Con-
solidat9d Copper company for the
purpose of insuring its timber supply
for the future, owing to the increas-
ing scarcity of pine.
The mills we are at present install
ing will have capacity for cutting
from 500, 900 to $4,000 feet of lumber
per twenty-four hours. A complete
manufacturing plant is also being in
stalled for the manufacture of floor
ing, sliding, etc.
With the completion of the forty
miles of road from Temosachsc, the
present terminus of the Chihuahua &
Pacific railroad to the mills, we will
be in a position to ship lumber not
only to Cananea and the adjacent
mines, but our surplus of manufac-
tured lumber to any portion of the
republic of Mexico or to the treeless
sections of the United States. FIVE
trunk lines reach Ell Paso, which will
be our main distributing point.
Cutting at the rate of 100000 feet
of lumber per day, our tract would
afford sufficient stumpage to keep a
plant of that capacity continuously
in operation for more than 100 years
We have recently made arrange
ments with F. c. Hargrave to take
the management of our lumber in
terests. Mr.. Hargrave has for many
years had charge of very large lum-
ber interests in Michigan and Can
ada, he having had entire charge of
manufacturing and disposing of the
100, ,OOO, 900 to $50, 900, 900 feet of lum-
Der per year. He operated in the
territory adjacent to Bay City and
Saginaw, which was formerly known
as one of the best sections on the
continent.
Mr.. Hargrave takes with him
number of his old employees from
Michigan and is thoroughly COM
petent to handle economically an
output of from 10000, 900 to 200, ,OOO,-
600 feet of lumber per year.
b In addition to the lumber value,
we haye secured the services OF Mr..
Hamilton, a turpentine and resin
man, who has been for many years
operating in the gulf states. Mr..
Hamilton went to the property of
the Land and Lumber company in
April last and has been conducting d
series of experiments to ascertain
the turpentine flow from the pine
upon our lands. He states that the
pine upon our lands affords the finest
quality of white turpine, together
with the finest class of resin, and
that the turpentine and resin busi-
ness alone should give a net profit to
the company of more than 100000
per annum if carried on on large
scale.
In October we will establish five
camps for the manufacture of tur-
pentine and resin, tapping the trees
that will be Cut near the lumber