Show t fib 1 Mr rv 4 N i J 1 I Ii i IrL 1 f V f 1 1 A Aa a 1 da n kt t y t k ke ka n e i j 1 Z J kZ a h e It 1 w 1 4 lSd A r VAu t f h t I j I tA tAt 1 T t h w r S t r Aa AAa AaY Aai i Y i J y x ii t tu t N 4 A i t t r h J Ja a a IL l CROFT SAWMILL north of Maeser near Docs Doc's Beach will willbe willbe be In operation in October Mill will employ 20 to 40 men and provide year round work Partially Installed are t the planer Ia r- r mill trash sh elevator and burner A dry I I kiln is also being constructed Million Dollar Sawmill Industry To Be Operated in Ashley Valley b 3 r b tip w a Y j a 1 ri a P Myer f 7 b xa xai a ast st Y i r i iy L y t BUCKING SAW at the Crofts Sawmill cuts cut's trees Into log lengths before they are cut In in- in into to lumber by the head saw saw The mill will cut feet of lumber a day A million dollar lumber in in- in industry is envisioned for Ashley Valley with the acquiring of controlling interest in the Flam Flam- Flaming ing Gorge Stud Sawmill by the Crofts Brothers from P Price ice and Southern utah The four brothers recently sold their sawmill which they had sue suc- successfully operated at Panguitch The Crofts have been in the lumber business since 1908 THE MILL will be known as the Crafts Crofts Sawmill and is beat ed near Docs Doc's Beach on the I Taylor Mountain r o 0 a d Pro Pro- Production is expected to get under underway underway way before the end of the month according to Benny J J Conley who is erecting the mill milland milland and was the former owner It is expected to to saw feet of lumber jumber a day ra the start and within 60 days the mill will be s sawing a wing feet according to Mr Conley It is planned to cut five million feet a year at present although they were of the opinion that AshleY forest could sustain a acut acut cut of 20 million a year The timber will be hauled from Long Park to the mill over the Taylor Mountain road There is sufficient timber available to construct an improved road off I Taylor mountain said Mr Con Con- Conley Conley ley EVENTUALLY the pay pay- payroll roll will include at least 40 men year around as roads are im Im- Im Improved proved and larger amounts of timber are acquired Of all the timber sold in the county 25 per cent of the proceeds from stumpage comes back to the county Cy Croft is moving his family to Vernal and it is expected that other brothers will also move here Alfred Crofts lives in Price and operates the Adams Crofts automo- automo automobile automobile bile agency The mill at Pan Pan- Panguitch Panguitch has cut 25 million feet of lumber a year and grossed two and a half million dollars per year The mill will cut dimen dimen- dimension slon sion lumber and this will be treated in a dry kiln and be ready for use when it leaves the mill A market is ready for all the mill can produce |