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Mineral Lake – logging in 1964
Martin Burwash writes about this collection of photos . . . But here’s a little Milwaukee Road history I haven’t seen….the Mineral reload when it was operated by a steam donkey. These were taken with my very first camera, a Brownie Starlite…Payless 127 film in 1964. What you are seeing is indeed a steam donkey…
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One-Log Bridge in Mineral, Wash.
This postcard was for sale on Ebay.com a while back. It’s a one-long bridge that was once used in Mineral, Wash. Judging by the roots, they may have just built the bridge where the tree fell. If you have any information, please share. Click on image to enlarge.
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St. Regis Logging Truck out of Mineral (1949)
The logs coming out of Mineral, Wash., in 1949 were giants. The following information about this photo comes from the Tacoma Public Library: “An unidentified driver and two St. Regis timber workers sent a load of logs on its way from Camp #2 in Mineral, Washington to the company’s paper mill in Tacoma in August…
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Logs Coming out of the Forest near Mineral in 1949 (Camp #2)
On August 8, 1949, a St. Regis worker appears miniscule next to the huge logs loaded on railroad flatbeds for removal from the forrest. The worker is photographed at Camp #2, located in Mineral, Wash. This information is posted on the Tacoma Public Library site: The completion of the kraft paper mill in Tacoma, allowed…
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Dumping Logs in Mineral Lake (early 1900s)
Lakes and ponds were often used as storage for logs headed to the sawmill. Here were see logs being dumped into Mineral Lake in the early 1900s. Photo courtesy of the Leslie Dunlap and family. Click on image to enlarge.
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Murray Logging & Timber Co., in Mineral Wash.
You need to zoom in on this shot of Murray Logging & Timber Co., out of Mineral, Wash. Look at the men in the bottom lefthand corner to get feel for how BIG these logs really are. I believe the pictures was taken in the 1920s, but if someone has more information on it, please…
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Shingle Mill in Mineral
The text that went with this Mineral, Wash., photo read: M. R. Smith shingle mill after one dry kiln burned. (Looking West). For those not familiar with kilns, they are a basically an oven used to dry wood. In this case, it looks like they were lucky it didn’t spread. Courtesy of Mineral Lake, The…
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First Mineral Store
The first store in Mineral wasn’t much to look at, but if you lived in Mineral in the early days, it was no doubt your life line. Early stores had little of everything, and in Mineral that would include a mining pan, which is on display out front. Photo courtesy of the Jonas family and…
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Mineral Hotel
In the early 1900s, when you visited you Mineral, you could stay at the Mineral Hotel, with a spectacular view of Mineral Lake. Photo courtesy of Corlene Iverson and Family. Click on image to enlarge.
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Front Street, Mineral (early 1900s)
Mineral, Wash., was a thriving little town in the early 1900s. Mineral came into being when prospectors thought they’d find gold. Alas, all they found was coal and arsenic. Luckily, there was enough wood around to support a sawmill. This is a shot of Front Street, facing west. Photo courtesy of the Dunlap family. Click…