Fallers at work making an undercut. The head faller is sighting a gun. Sight does not miss 2 out of 20. Most wood left on side tree leans from to hold tree. Undercut aims to catch the bigness of the tree. Goes to about center of tree. Fallers - 74 trees in 15 days. Average 2 about 100 trees a month. Simons Sequoia Chief saw, 8-10 feet long, used principally, 2 rackers and 2 cutters to each saw. Axes - 4 pound, with 3 foot handles. The men here were working on a strip 500' wide; clearing a right-of-way for an extension of the logging railroad. 5/19/15
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