FREMONT LUMBER COMPANY
Lakeview
December 28, 1942: "The official opening of sealed bids on Portland last week required in the sale of 10,000,000 feet of forest service timber to the Fremont Lumber company, according to an announcement by Fremont Supervisor E. P. Cliff.
The price bid by the local company totaled $6 a thousand; $5.50 being stumpage, 15 cents for stand improvement and 35 cents for brush disposal.
The stand will be logged by the Lakeview Logging company and, because of it proximity to Lakeview, will keep many mills operating when normally logging operations would be closed down.
The location is known as the Snyder Meadow and is 15 miles north of Lakeview. This adjoins the Dusenbery tract already being operated by the company." (Herald and News)
The price bid by the local company totaled $6 a thousand; $5.50 being stumpage, 15 cents for stand improvement and 35 cents for brush disposal.
The stand will be logged by the Lakeview Logging company and, because of it proximity to Lakeview, will keep many mills operating when normally logging operations would be closed down.
The location is known as the Snyder Meadow and is 15 miles north of Lakeview. This adjoins the Dusenbery tract already being operated by the company." (Herald and News)
August 5, 1947: "The sawmill of the Fremont Sawmill company here burned to the ground Sunday afternoon at a loss estimated this morning by Caroll McDonald, general manager and part owner, at between $100,000 and $125,000. McDonald said the fire apparently started beneath the floor of the fuel room." (Medford Mail Tribune)
November 11, 1947: "A quick recovery from a fire disaster was marked up here this week when the rebuilt Fremont sawmill sent its first log slithering through the main saw.
It was just 91 days after the mill burned that the new operation started.
The mill caught fire on the afternoon of August 3, and despite determined efforts of fire-fighters, razed by the flames.
Plans for reconstruction were immediately developed, and the Klamath Machine and Locomotive Works was commissioned to manufacture the machinery and equipment.
No time was lost and the mill was ready for operation Saturday, November 8. Donald Sanborn, who was the day operator at the time the mill was burned, mounted the carriage, and the first log went through.
The mill is starting off with two shifts, and cuts approximately 12,000 feet an hour.
The company held open house to celebrate the completion of the reconstruction program." (Herald and News)
It was just 91 days after the mill burned that the new operation started.
The mill caught fire on the afternoon of August 3, and despite determined efforts of fire-fighters, razed by the flames.
Plans for reconstruction were immediately developed, and the Klamath Machine and Locomotive Works was commissioned to manufacture the machinery and equipment.
No time was lost and the mill was ready for operation Saturday, November 8. Donald Sanborn, who was the day operator at the time the mill was burned, mounted the carriage, and the first log went through.
The mill is starting off with two shifts, and cuts approximately 12,000 feet an hour.
The company held open house to celebrate the completion of the reconstruction program." (Herald and News)
October 4, 1951: "The regional forester reported today that about 18,700,000 board feet of timber in the Camp Creek burn north of here has been sold to the Fremont Sawmill company, Lakeview, for 360,000." (Albany Democrat-Herald)
June 30, 1955: "Fremont Sawmill Company, Lakeview, Monday purchased 980,000 board feet of ponderosa pine and 120,000 board feet of white fir from the Fremont National Forest in a salvage timber sale. announces Lloyd Gillmor, timber management staff officer.
Known as the Fox Farm sale, the timber lies northwest of the Cottonwood Reservoir in the Drews Valley ranger district. The pine sold for $20.30 per thousand and the fir for $2.05 per thousand." (Herald and News)
Known as the Fox Farm sale, the timber lies northwest of the Cottonwood Reservoir in the Drews Valley ranger district. The pine sold for $20.30 per thousand and the fir for $2.05 per thousand." (Herald and News)
May 11, 1968: "The planer mill of the Fremont Sawmill at Lakeview, Lake County, was destroyed by fire early Friday.
Choc Shelton, general manager of the Fremont Sawmill Co., said the planer would be rebuilt, and estimated the replacement cost at $250,000 to $300,000.
The sawmill continued in operation Friday, with 45 men at work. Destruction of the planer mill left 20 men jobless.
Shelton said a night watchman discovered the blaze, and within minutes the entire structure 'exploded into flames from end to end.' Cause of the fire was undetermined." (Statesman Journal)
Choc Shelton, general manager of the Fremont Sawmill Co., said the planer would be rebuilt, and estimated the replacement cost at $250,000 to $300,000.
The sawmill continued in operation Friday, with 45 men at work. Destruction of the planer mill left 20 men jobless.
Shelton said a night watchman discovered the blaze, and within minutes the entire structure 'exploded into flames from end to end.' Cause of the fire was undetermined." (Statesman Journal)
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