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Sawmill Production

(Continued ftom Page 24) located in Arkansas with the exception of a small stud mill in Minnesota.

Its Clearwater unit at Lewiston, Id., sawed 132 million feet last year, down 27 million from 1979; the St. Maries sawmill showed little change from 1979, sawing about 70 million feet in both years. The Coeur D'Alene plant shiPPed 43 million feet, about 7 million feet less than 1979. Plants at Kamiah and Potlatch, Id., showed no change from 1979. However, the SPalding, Id.' mill showed a decline of 3l million feet in 1980, sawing onlY l0 million feet.

In eighth place during 1980 was Sierra-Pacific Industries of Redding, Ca. Sierra-Pacific is the largest independently-owned Producer of lumber in the United States. SierraPacific produced 486 million feet of lumber in 1980 comPared to 472 million in 1979.

The Susanville sawmill, SPI's largest entity, sawed 9l million feet in 1980 versus 96 MMBF in 1979 while its flagship, the Emmerson mill at Arcata, near Eureka, Ca., sawed 80 million feet, slightly less than the 82 million feet of 1979' Added to its production capabilitY was the 7l million feet from its Hayfork plant near Redding, down from74 MMBF in 1979. The Loyalton mill showed up with 59 million feet, down from 64 million one year earlier. The Central Valley mill, just north of Redding' had a small drop to 56 million in 1980 from 57 million one Year Prior. The Quincy mill counted 58 million feet of lumber across the green chain as' opposed to 63 million feet in 1979. The Sloat mill (now PrinciPallY a cedar producer) saw production fall almost 5 million feet to 16 million feet. In addition, the BurneY, Ca., mill produced 55 million feet, a substantial increase over 1979's 15 million feet. It was acquired in late 1978 from Publishers Paper and did not operate throughout most of t9'79.

The Newcomer

Through its acquisition of the Brooks-Scanlon pine facilitY at Bend, Or., Diamond International was added to the top ten this Year. Production in 1980 was 457 million.

feet as compa red to the 424million of 1979.In 1979, Diamond would have fallen into llth place in the survey, but it advanced to 9th this year. The Brooks-Scanlon operation accounted for 146 million feet of this year's production.

Operating units near Coeur D'Alene, Id., sawed 100 million feet in 1980, down from 1979's 139 million feet. In addition. those mills at Red Bluff, Oroville, and Marysville cut back their production to 134 million feet from the lg0 million feet of 1979. The mill at Superior, Mt., used 40 million feet of logs versus 59 million feet in 1979. Diamond's only other operation is at Passadumkaeg, Maine, which dropped 9 million feet to 37 million feet.

Tenth place St. Regis paper Co. dropped 48 million feet of produc- tion, reaching a plateau of 438 million feet in 1980. The Libby, Mt., plant production declined to 67 million feet in 1980, off 25 million. The Tacoma, Wa., mill had 5l million feet up slightly from 1979. Klickitat, Wa., near the Columbia River, sawed 5 million feet less than 1979 (48 MBF in 1980) while additional mill sites at Libby, Mt., and

Tacoma, Wa., showed a 68 million foot decline from their totals of 132 million feet in 1979.

This then, was 1980: a year ofcontrasts, a year of diminished returns, and, for some smaller operators, the

Where's Ol' Whatzizname?

There's a lot of lumber produced by companies not large enough to be

Company

Roseburg Lumber Co.

Masonite Corp.

Publishers Paper Co.

Simpson Timber Co.

Bohemia. Inc.

Crown Zellerbach Corp.

Edward Hines Lumber Co.

Willamette Industries

Southwest Forest Industries

Wickes Forest Industries

Pope& Talbot, Inc.

Mountain Fir Lumber Co.

Eel River tragedy ofbankruptcy. But, as in any business, new operations started up, having spotted opportunity where others saw nothing but bleakness and disillusionment. included in the top ten. So, to answer the questions that you the reader will ask, we list here some of the other top Western producing mills. Incidentally, this list includes all of the production by the firm, as long as it is produced in the United States.