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Old Mill at Discovery Bay Christmas Card
Early-day family mills, such as the one shown here, usually were circular saw mills, and generally powered by steam engines. The daily cut was generally 10,000 board feet or lower. Unlike the mill shown in this scene, these family-type mills were not constructed to operate economically and little effort was made to make them convenient or handy. This mill, located in the Puget Sound area on Discovery Bay, was a notch above the average family-type mill. Workdays at the turn of the century were ten hours, paying around $1.50 per day for common labor. Teamsters received $2.50; the off-bearer and the engineer $2.00 each per day. The mill crew was frequently called on to go into the woods as loggers. If no logs were available, the mill closed down and all hands went to the woods to cut a supply. They sometimes felled and bucked logs two or three days. Then they would start the mill and saw the logs into lumber while the teamster continued to deliver logs to the mill. Grading was simple. Two grades were considered: No. 1 Clear and No. 2 Clear (all that did not meet the requirements of No. 1 Clear). Usually, cut-over land was not replanted as the land cleared was used for much - needed food crops or pasture land.
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