The Ely miner., 1943-10-07
National Forest Timber for Sale

Sealed bids will be received by the
Forest Supervisor, Duluth, Minnesota,
up to and including November 6, 1943,
for all the merchantable dead timber,
standing or down and all the live tim
ber marked or designated for cutting
on the following described areas in
Lake County, Superior National Forest,
Minnesota. Bids will be received for
one or more of the units:
UNIT 7. 160 acres in Sections 81 and
80, T. GA N, r. 9 w. and Section 6,
T. So NJ, R. 9 w., estimated to be 30
M bd. it. of white pine, 10 M. bd. It.
of jackpine, 20 M. bd. IT. of spruce,
40 M. bd. #. of aspen, sawtimber; 10
cords of rough spruce, 30 cords OF
rough balsam, pulpwood; 20 cords Of
jackpine mine tagging, cords OF jack
pine mine poles and $50 cords Of aspen
ana jackpine fuelwood, more or less,
and an uneStimated small amount Of
other species and products. No bid OF
less than $400 per M. bd. It. for the
white pine, $500 per M. bd. #. for the
jackpine, $500 per M. bd. tt. for the
white spruce, $1.00 per M. bd. It. for
the aspen, sawtimber; $1.50 per rough
cord for the spruce, $3.50 per rough
cord for the balsam fir, pulpwood;
$150 per cord TOR the jackpine mine
tagging, $100 per cord Tor the jack
pine mine poles and $3.50 per cord for
the aspen and jackpine fuelwood, will
be considered. In addition to the
prices bid for Stumpage, the purchaser
will be required to make a cooperative
deposit of $500 per M. bd. #. for all
white pine, jackpine and spruce, saw
timber; $100 per M. bd. tt. for all
aspen sawtimber and $3.50 per rough
cord for all spruce and balsam fir
pulpwood cut, the funds to be used
for general stand improvement work.
The purchaser Will also be required to
make a cooperative deposit of $1.00 per
M. bd. #. for all white and jackpine,
sawtimber; $3.50 per M. bd. it. for all
spruce sawtimber and $025 per rough
cord for all spruce and balSam fr
pulpwood cut, the deposits to be used
as part of a special fund for disposal
of slash.
UNIT II. 313 acres in Sections 5, 6
and 8, T. SO N, R. 9 W., estimated to
be 1875 cords Of rough spruce and 15
cords of rough balsam fir, pulpwood;
rs M. bd. IT, of aspen and M. bd. IT.
of birch, Sawtimber, more or less, ana
an unestimated small amount OF other
species and products. No bid OF less
than $1O0 per rough cord for the
spruce and balsam fir pulpwood, $l.5O
per M. bd. #. for the aspen sawtimber
and $500 per M. bd. #. for the birch
sawtimber, will be considered. In ad-
dition to the prices bid for stumpage,
the purchaser will be required to make
cooperative deposit of S1.OO per
M. bd. #. for all aspen and birch saw
timber cut, the funds to be used for
general stand improvement work.
The cooperative deposits required In
each unit are not subject to refund
except as they may be in excess
of the amounts due the United States.
$4,000 must be deposited by each party
bidding on one or more of the des-
cribed units, the deposit to be ap-
piled on the purchase price, refunded,
or retained IN part as Iquidated dam
ages according to conditions of sale.
The right to reject any and all bids
Is reserved. Before bids are submitted,
full information concerning the tim
Der, the conditions of sale, and the
submission of bids should be obtained
from the District Rangers, Ely, Min
nesota or from the Forest Supervisor,
Duluth, MINI.