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ll a few months ago ago, ‘constructed of Fae a inka steel and concrete, mak- ing it 2 Baht reproof.

The mill, which makes both shakes and shingles, employs 15 workers who produce approximately 170 squares per shift. The Co ako has plans to

te in the near future on a two-shift basis which

crease the work force to 30 employees.

e following pictures and text give a brief ex- planation of the operation of a shingle mill.

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THE FIRST PHASE shows fhe cedar logs coming up the jack ladder from the pond to Herman Wilkinson, cut off saw operator, who cuts off the blocks to proper length. .

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. HERE THEY ARE TAKEN by the block piler and placed in easy reach of the sawyers. The sawyer then places the block on the carriage of the large saw seen behind shingle sawyer Ray Grant. This makes the. initial cuts from the block and the resulting pieces are fashioned into shingles or shakes by the sawyer on the small saw in foreground of pic- ture. The finished...

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AS SHOWN HERE by wares Slack fashioning shakes and .

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. THE BLOCKS ARE THEN SPLIT by the deck splitter operated by Stan Winterbottom. After the block is split, the block puller Ray Blackstock pulls the halves over to a shoot onto a conveyor chain where they are taken to the mill proper...

. SHINGLES OR SHAKES are thrown down shoots, depending on grade, to packers like Jasbir Farwaha seen here preparing a bundle of shakes. The sawyers job .

=. — . DON SUTHERLAND is a skilled and pacing job requiring great

ca re and attention.