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(Continued from page 10) any did anticipate that the Anderson, Ca., mill would pick up some of the slack from McCloud. How much is not known at this moment.

Boise Cascade has permanently closed its mill at Barber. Idaho. That plant produced 17,669,000 in 1979 and over 23 million in 1978.

But for International Paper Co., the changes are big. Chelatchie, Wa.. is shut down now. Deduct 19,787,000 from 1979. Vaughn, Or., will be closed down in about 12 months. Deduct 42.892.000 from 1979. Now, let's start adding production. Within the next several months, the company will have three mill sites operating at Gar- diner. Or. Production in Gardiner will be nearly one million feet per day. Production was 39,560,000 in 1979. Let's be conservative and add 175,000,000 feet there. Add two new plants: one at Noble, La., and the other at Springhill, La. Each should be good for about 60,000,000 feet or another 120,000,000 feet. Net change: about 232,000,000 feet. Possibly good enough to make them number four a couple of years hence.

And what about Sierra Pacific Industries? Well, look for some changes there. The Quincy, Ca., plant is probably good for 70 million feet, another 8 million there. Burney should bump up to 65 million feet. another 50 million feet there. And Quincy, maybe 100 mil- lion feet, eventually. So, all in all, Sierra Pacific may end up with another 80 or 90 million feet. That would give it about 550 to 560 million and put it into seventh place . maybe.

What about Diamond International which was number I I this year with 424 million feet? Remember, they just bought BrooksScanlon at Bend, Or. That's good for 140 million feet. That would then give Diamond about 565 million feet next year. So Diamond is seemingly assured a place on the top ten next year.

There are undoubtedly other changes that we missed, so at this point, we'll plead that our crystal ball is getting a little cloudy. And then, like you, we'll wait and watch for next year's survey. And then the one after that. And so on.

10 Years Ago

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Pack River Co. of Spokane, Wa. Pack River cut 391 million feet in 1969, up sharply from the 284,000,000 of 1968. It was during 1969 that Pack River acquired Avey Bros. Lumber at Kettle Falls and Burns-Yaak at Osburn, Id. They also picked up Long Lake Lumber Co. at Spokane and Three D Lumber Co. at Maudlow. Mt. Ultimatelv Pack River Co. wouid peak out near 600,000,000 feet of production and then run into problems. The company operates under a different name today, most of it having been sold to a group of lawyers.

Seventh place was St. Regis Paper Co. It cut 379 million feet in 1969.

In eighth place was Edward Hines Lumber Co. of Chicago with 307,000,000 ofproduction in 1969.

Simpson Timber Co. made ninth place with 295,000,000 and Southwest Forest Industries captured tenth spot with 294,000,000 feet.

Imagine that! 294,000,000 feet for tenth place. In 1979, tenth place is almost 500 million feet.

Other names long since forgotten are Fibreboard Corp., now part of Louisiana Pacific Corp. And remember the old Siskiyou Mills at Yreka? "Red" Emmerson owned it in 1969 and it was part of Sierra Pacific.

Biles-Coleman Lumber was operating then at Omak, Wa. And there was Feather River Lumber Co. at Loyalton, Ca. They sawed almost 125,000,000 feet in 1969, but today some of it is owned by

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Big Ten In Lumber Output

(Continued from page 10) sawmill cut of 587 million. 298 thousand feet in 1979 as opposed to a cut of 647 million, 421 thousand in 1978. Potlatch output is solely in 2 states (Idaho and Arkansas) with the exception of a single 23 million foot stud mill at Cloquet, Mn.

Its Clearwater, Id., unit pushed out 160 million feet of lumber last year, lower than 1978's 183 million feet. Although this plant is often cited here as one of the largest mills in the country, it was exceeded this year by 217 million feet at the Roseburg Lumber Co., Dillard, Or., mill; the 178 million feet of Publishers Paper at Molalla, Or., and the Fort Bragg, Ca., plant of Georgia-Pacific at 174 million feet. Although it is thought that Weyerhaeuser Co. has a similarly large mill, that information is not available.

But, in light of reduced market demand, production was down at most of the Potlatch plants. The Rutledge unit in Idaho sawed 49.9 million feet. down from the 61.7 million feet in 1978. Production dropped 7 million feet at Prescott, Ar., to 44.7 million. Potlatch, Id., reduced its cut to 37.5 million from 46 million. Warren, Ar., dropped 12 million feet at its Bradlev unit

(Continued from previous page) while its Southern unit in the same city sawed 68 million feet, up nearly 21 million feet over 1978.

Sierra Pacific (after passing through other hands) and some of it is owned by Sierra Mountain Mills.

And. Molalla Forest Products was still operating at Cloverdale and Gualala. Cliff Smoot had to sell 83 million feet of lumber in 1969.

And, so it goes. What will the next ten years bring? No doubt some of today's names will seem equally quaint.

International Paper Co. made seventh spot in 1979 with production of 555 million feet. down from 594 million feet in 1978. The apparent reason was a 44 million foot decrease at Chelatchie. Wa., down to 20 million feet in 1979. This mill was also closed permanently during the year. Other West Coast sawmills include Weed, Ca., at 77 million feet and Vaughn, Or,, at 43 million feet. The plant at Gardiner, Or., sawed 40 million feet. Both Vaughn and Gardiner cut 3 to 4 million feet less than 1978. The balance of IPCO's output is found in Arkansas, Georgia, Texas, South Carolina and Maine. As a side note, IPCO is the only major producer of lumber in Gurdon. Arkansas. Gurdon is the birthplace of Hoo-Hoo International. the fraternal order of lumbermen.

Eighth place San Franciscoheadquartered Crown Zellerbach Corp. produces its West Coast lumber in Washington and Oregon with additional production in Canada. There are also 2 plants in Louisiana. Output in 1979 was 533 million feet. not much less than the 539 million of 1978. The largest plant at Rainier, Or., produced almost l15 million feet, or nearly 250/o of Crown Zee's cut. The Columbia City plant produced slightly less than 81 million feet. In Central Washington is the Omak sawmill which cut 79 million feet. The plant located on the Estacada, Or., site sawed almost 73 million feet. about 7 million less than the preceding year. Plants at Lincoln and Twisp, Wa.. as well as Louisiana. round out the balance of this firm's production.

Ninth place St. Regis Paper Co. of Tacoma, Wa., sawed almost 487 million feet. 1979 production exceeded 1978 by slightly more than ten million feet. West Coast production centers for St. Regis include 3 mills in Washington and 2 sites at Libby, Mt. The Klickitat, Wa., mill site turned out 53 million feet in 1979, only 450,000 feet more than in 1978. The two mills at Tacoma. Wa., cut about 49 million feet each in 1979, down about 8 million feet respectively for both mills from 1978. The mills at Libby garnered about 8 million feet more in 1979. turning out 174 million feet. Other sawmills for St. Regis are located in Georgia, Florida and Maine.

Large Independent Is Tenth

Sierra Pacific lndustries of Redding, Ca., lays claim to number ten this year. "Red" Emmerson's company is the single largest independent producer of lumber in the United States. From its base at Arcata, Ca., Sierra Pacific has gradually expanded its base through the acquisition of other sawmills, principally in the last ten years. Other mill sites include Hayfork, Susanville, Loyalton and Quincy, Ca. In addition, there is a facility just North of Redding at Central Valley, Ca. Emmerson's most recent acquisition is the Burney, Ca., sawmill that formerly belonged to Publishers Paper Co. Some will remember this plant as the Scott Lumber Co.

Formerly a producer of quality Douglas fir at Arcata, the expansion by this firm has caused it to spread itself across Northern California. All plants are located north of Sacramento and San Francisco. The firm's product line now includes Douglas fir, white fir, Ponderosa pine, sugar pine and incense cedar. From high grade clear lumber down through the low grades of

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Lumber Production

(Continued from previous page) economy lumber, the company now has a product line broad enough to permit it to switch from one species to another as market opportunities present themselves.

Sierra Pacific's largest sawmill, at Susanville, produced 95,597,000 of lumber in 1979, about the same as 1978. Arcata sawed and shipped almost 82 million feet and the

Hayfork plant cut almost 75 million feet. Loyalton and Quincy cut about 63 million feet each while the mill at Central Valley produced 57 million, off about 6 million from 1978. Sloat cut 2l million feet and Burney sawed l5 million feet. However, the Burney plant was shut down for several months after it was purchased from Publishers and did not re-open until late last year. Although total 1979 production figures are nearly 472 million feet versus the 528 million of 1978.

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Sierra Pacific did not suffer the big loss in production that those figures would indicate. Rather, they purchased Publishers' Burney mill and that production increases Sierra Pacific's by 89 million feet, because the Burney figures for 1978 are included as Sierra Pacific's.

Perhaps another intriguing fact about Sierra Pacific is that .all its mills are in California. Despite the stiff regulatory environment, it has been successful by remaining in its own state. Oddly enough, some of its competitors have either left the state or expressed the desire to leave. Maybe the firm has been succesful by keeping all its eggs in one basket and doing what it knows best: cutting lumber in California.

A banner year? Not for all lumbermen, but, if you were one of the big ten in the industry, then, at the very least, a good year.