MT. BALDY LUMBER COMPANY
Douglas County - Yoncalla
July 13, 1957: "Three tracts of green timber were offered at oral auction by the Roseburg Bureau of Land Management office Friday,
One tract, located northeast of Elkton and containing 630,000 board feet, was purchased by Mt. Baldy Lumber Co. of Drain for $15,859.20. Douglas fir brought $26 per thousand board feet." (The News-Review)
One tract, located northeast of Elkton and containing 630,000 board feet, was purchased by Mt. Baldy Lumber Co. of Drain for $15,859.20. Douglas fir brought $26 per thousand board feet." (The News-Review)
December 21, 1957: "Three Yoncalla men, along with a partner from Eugene, sold out the Mt. Baldy Lumber Co. located between Yoncalla and Drain, in a transaction completed this week.
The new stockholders are George Zellner and Bud Beckley of Eugene and Grant Lovegren of Cottage Grove, who increased his interest in the company and who will serve as mill manager. Zellner and Buckley have both had a wide sawmill experience and both have timber holdings in Douglas County.
Retiring from the scene are Charles Timmons, Leslie Chapman and Sidney Lasswell of Yoncalla, and Harry Jacobs Jr. of Eugene.
When in full operation, the Swedish gang sawmill employed 35 men. No change in the operation is contemplated in the immediate future by the new owners, according to News-Review Correspondent Mrs. George Edes. The plant is presently closed, but is scheduled to reopen on Jan. 6.
The new owners plan to operate the plant on a full time basis. According to Mrs. Edes, they plan to continue to but logs on the open market, paying top prices for the gang logs. Lovegren said that the mill will also continue the practice of making weekly log checks." (The News-Review)
The new stockholders are George Zellner and Bud Beckley of Eugene and Grant Lovegren of Cottage Grove, who increased his interest in the company and who will serve as mill manager. Zellner and Buckley have both had a wide sawmill experience and both have timber holdings in Douglas County.
Retiring from the scene are Charles Timmons, Leslie Chapman and Sidney Lasswell of Yoncalla, and Harry Jacobs Jr. of Eugene.
When in full operation, the Swedish gang sawmill employed 35 men. No change in the operation is contemplated in the immediate future by the new owners, according to News-Review Correspondent Mrs. George Edes. The plant is presently closed, but is scheduled to reopen on Jan. 6.
The new owners plan to operate the plant on a full time basis. According to Mrs. Edes, they plan to continue to but logs on the open market, paying top prices for the gang logs. Lovegren said that the mill will also continue the practice of making weekly log checks." (The News-Review)
August 1, 1958: "A 41-year-old Yoncalla man is in critical condition at Cottage Grove Hospital this morning as a result of injuries he suffered when he was caught in a conveyor chain Thursday night in Yoncalla.
The victim was identified as V. L. (Pete) Jernagan, reported Yoncalla correspondent Mrs. George Edes.
A hospital spokesman said Jernagan an employe of Yoncalla Lumber Co., was injured at Mt. Baldy Lumber Co. north of Yoncalla. Jernagan was visiting at the mill and the mishap was not an on-the-job accident, stressed the spokesman.
The hospital said Jernagan suffered multiple bruises and broke bones." (The News-Review)
The victim was identified as V. L. (Pete) Jernagan, reported Yoncalla correspondent Mrs. George Edes.
A hospital spokesman said Jernagan an employe of Yoncalla Lumber Co., was injured at Mt. Baldy Lumber Co. north of Yoncalla. Jernagan was visiting at the mill and the mishap was not an on-the-job accident, stressed the spokesman.
The hospital said Jernagan suffered multiple bruises and broke bones." (The News-Review)
February 27, 1961: "The biggest lumber operation in the Yoncalla area now producing is Mt. Baldy Lumber Co., which employs about 36 men.
Although the corporation which owns the company has no plans for expansion, neither does it figure on any cutbacks in production. It puts out an average 90,000 board feet of lumber a day. The mill was closed for a holiday for a week in December but has been operating ever since on an eight-hour day basis five days a week.
The mill was built in 1954. Later a planer was added. Their product is shipped out by both rail and truck.
Owning the operation is a Lane County group made up of Grant Lovegren of Cottage Grove, George Zellner of Eugene and Robert Beckley of Eugene.
In addition to the mill and planer, the corporation owns considerable timber." (The News-Review)
Although the corporation which owns the company has no plans for expansion, neither does it figure on any cutbacks in production. It puts out an average 90,000 board feet of lumber a day. The mill was closed for a holiday for a week in December but has been operating ever since on an eight-hour day basis five days a week.
The mill was built in 1954. Later a planer was added. Their product is shipped out by both rail and truck.
Owning the operation is a Lane County group made up of Grant Lovegren of Cottage Grove, George Zellner of Eugene and Robert Beckley of Eugene.
In addition to the mill and planer, the corporation owns considerable timber." (The News-Review)
April 27, 1963: "Nine tracts of BLM administered timber went on the bidding block. Approximately 67 per cent of the volume was sold in order to salvage timber damaged in the Columbus Day windstorm last year.
The sales included: Elkhead area tract of 3,239,000 board feet. Mt. Baldy Lumber Co. of Yoncalla paid the appraised price of $53,372, based on $17.45 per thousand for 2,998,000 board feet of Douglas fir." (The News-Review)
The sales included: Elkhead area tract of 3,239,000 board feet. Mt. Baldy Lumber Co. of Yoncalla paid the appraised price of $53,372, based on $17.45 per thousand for 2,998,000 board feet of Douglas fir." (The News-Review)
June 15, 1963: "Timber containing 8,245,000 board feet were sold Friday by the Roseburg district of the Bureau of Land Management for $162,304.25.
Of this volume, about 60 per cent was sold in order to salvage timber damaged by the Columbus Day windstorm last year.
A tract on Brush Creek containing 1,154,000 board feet was purchased at the appraised price by Mt. Baldy Lumber Co." (The News-Review)
Of this volume, about 60 per cent was sold in order to salvage timber damaged by the Columbus Day windstorm last year.
A tract on Brush Creek containing 1,154,000 board feet was purchased at the appraised price by Mt. Baldy Lumber Co." (The News-Review)
August 10, 1963: "Mt. Baldy Lumber Co. of Yoncalla was the only qualifying bidder for 3,298,000 feet located southeast of Anlauf. The appraised price was $21.85 for Douglas fir, 7.35 for the white fir, $13.70 for the western hemlock, $10.60 for the western red cedar and 11,40 for incense cedar." (The News-Review)
June 3, 1964: "The Mt. Baldy Lumber Company, Yoncalla, bid $18,000 for the Glenn Creek Stand Management No. 2 sale, containing 489,000 board feet of Douglas fir, 16,000 of hemlock and one thousand of red cedar. The sale has been appraised at $10,270." (The World)