The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-07-31
81 WIN TON IS

WINTON is the terminus of the
Duluth & Iron Range Railroad.
located 120 miles from Duluth,
and four miles north Of Ely, in
the extreme northeastern part of
Minnesota, but fourteen miles dis
tant from the Canadian Boundary
Line.
The population of Winton num-
bers two thousand inhabitants.
It's chief industries and enterprises
are lumber, fishing and summer
resorting, which give to it wide
awake and progressive spirit. The
town is situated on peninsula in
a narrow valley, being bounded
almost entirely by water; on the
east by Shagwa river, and on the
north and west by Fall Lake, and
in the background are dense for
ests, which give it a pleasing and
picturesque appearance, making
the village spot OF natural
beauty.
numbering.
The chef industry is lumber
ing, being the home of the ST.
CrOix Lumber & Manufacturing
Company, and the Swallow &
Hopkins Company, who both OPP
crate very extensively at this
point, running their mills six
months of the year, with two
shifts, night and day saving.
The st. Croix Lumber & Manu-
featuring Company is one of the
largest concerns of its kind in the
state. This plant is under the
management of ThOs. S. Written,
who is a resident of the town, and
one of its most prominent citizens.
The st. Croix Company operate
what is known as a two double
cut band mill, with two resaws,
and in connection with this also
operate a Lath Mill, Picket Mill
and a Box Board department,
which together gives employment
to about $50 men, with a monthly
payroll of about $25, 100000 Each
season millions of feet Of the raw
material is manufactured into
lumber, lath, pickets. box lumber,
etc, and shipped throughout the
eastern and central states. Also,
in conjunction with their saw
milling plant, the st. Croix Lbr.
& Mfg. Co. operate large Plan
ing Mill, which has a daily capac-
ity of 10000 feet, being equipped
with six planners, re-saw and sid
ing saw, cutoff saw and two
moulding machines. Here the
lumber is planned, and worked to
different patterns, such as floor
ing, fencing, mouldings, etc.
Another big factor of the ST..
Croix Company is their large log
ging operations. This is in itself
a big undertaking, and during the
winter months as many as ten
large camps are kept up, furnish
ing employment to about 1900
men. The logging office is located
at Ely, while the camps are stu
ated in the BURNSIDE Lake cOun-
TRY, about eight miles northwest
of Ely, also considerable logging
is carried on in the Eastwood
Lake country, distant from Win
ton about twelve miles. Each
spring by river and lake driving
the winters cut is transported to
the mill at Winton, and this pro-
cedure furnishes an interesting
sight to the spectator, bringing
one back to the primitive days of
the numbering in old Maine, which
Ralph Conner so clearly illustrates
in his writings on the forest and
its product.
Besides its numbering opera
tions the st. Croix Lbr. & Mfg.
Co. have at Winton a large cleo
tric light plant, which is equipped
with two dynamOs also a pump
ing station, used chiefly for the
prevention of fires, and from their
power house water mains are run
to various parts of the village,
thus affording good protection
against fire to the city as well. In
addition to their light and power
plant they conduct a lerge gen
eral store, also have fully
equipped and modern Machine
and Blacksmith shop, also meat
market, wagon shop and besides
this run large boarding house,
which is under the management
of VIM. f. Walsh.
In short the st. Croix Lbr. &
Mfg. Co. is one of the most modern
and up to date plants of it's kind
in the country, and have in their
yards at Winton millions of feet
of the manufactured product, thus
enabling them to supply the de-
mands of their customers at all
times.
Another big industry of Winton
is the saw milling plant of the
Swallow & Hopkins Company,
who have their headquarters and
general offices at Duluth, beside
their WintOn office. This firm is