Early Timber Industries   Mining & Milling Zone  Home Page Objectives To gain an understanding of the industry and its workings  Situation Milling in this zone has a long proud heritage. You can learn the culture of the miller and the timber worker.  Milling is a skilled tiered industry with many intricate aspects to study.  The community is battling the industry's demise. From the time the gold rush began the demand for timber was high. Mills developed throughout this Zone supplying wood for building. At the same time millers cleared land for mining and farming. Specialist jobs in the mills offered good stable income for generations.  By the 1960's conservationists alarmed at the destruction of a unique natural forests successfully strengthened its pressure to effect close the industry.  The communities were enraged and several began to diminish as skilled workers and their families lost their incomes and their homes.  They left their communities causing still more financial depression. Studies We discuss the issues that contenders faced, KANES show us the results of these moves and we examine the effect of government assistance provided at the time to create new industries. A visit to the Shantytown timber mill, helps us recall those important days.   MORE on forests MORE about timber in Desert and Adventure Zone

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