Re: SPI Arcata Sawmill to close, 123 jobs cut
Author: Goatboat
Date: 01-28-2016 - 11:38
Alfred Doten Wrote:
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> That leaves Schmitbauer and Mendocino Redwood
> (remains of PL) as the last two left. The SPI mill
> is R.H. Emerson & Son original mill. The "Redwood
> Empire" is dead.
> ARD
Years ago, I found a tourism brochure for the Redwoods that dated from the mid-1960s. I believe Simpson had an ad in it that stated that the supply of redwood available for cutting would be exhausted by 1980. They must have really been mowing down the big trees back in the day.
- gb -