C. P. R. [Canadian Pacific Railway?] Mill and pond at Yahk, British Columbia. Flume with 3 ft. sides carrying fence posts at time of photo at rate of 200 in 10 minutes. Costs of posts [in] 1920: Cedar poles, made, peeled and skidded: 4 cents. Loading and hauling, railroad 5 miles: 0.1 cents. Stumpage .005: 1 cent/ft. Making and skidding to flume: 8.00 per 100. Flume charge: .25 per 100. Stumpage: .25 per 100. Putting into flume: .60 per 100. Loading in cars: .65 per 100. Total: 10.00 per 100
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Location: average distance Identification: exact ground location unclear, appears unknowable No people present in picture
Type
image
Identifier
fritz_metcalf-1077
Subject
Lumber mills - Canadian Pacific Railway Lumber industry - Canada Canada Log transportation - Flumes Forest products - Poles Log ponds Railroads - Canadian Pacific Railway - Logging operations British Columbia Forest products Lumber mills British Columbia
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