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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: October 23, 2011
Caption: The Mill, Detail from Mono Mill Kiosk Marker - Panel 3
Additional Description: Key to lettering:
A: With at least four saws and a crew of 25 men, the mill was capable of cutting 80,000 board feet of lumber per day. B: Men working at the mill were paid $1.25 per day and worked 7 am to 6 pm. C: Logs from the forest were unloaded on the west side of the mill, rolled into the mill, and placed on a carriage to be sawed into planks. D: As the trunks were squared off, the leftover portions, with bark attached, were tossed out the east side of the mill where they fell near the boiler area and were used to generate steam needed to run the mill. E: After the flat planks were cut and sent out of the mill, they were loaded by hand onto small rail carts. Men pushed these carts along the top of the skids and then slid the planks down the skids. F: After the planks were pushed down the skids they were stacked for a period of time to dry, awaiting transport by flat car to the town of Bodie.
Submitted: December 3, 2011, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p183296
File Size: 2.471 Megabytes

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