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, Phoenix, Ariz.-Northern Arizona's economy may see an expansion of its logging industry in the near future, the Washington bureau of the Arizona Republic reported June

7. Forest service officials believe the state's vast stands of national forest timber may be sufficient to provide the base for a large pulpwood plant, or possibly several plants.

A big tree-counting job will lte started this summer. Forest personnel plan a detailed inventory of possible pulpu.ood supplies from the New Mexico line rvest to the vicinity of Prescott, Ariz., covering parts of Coconino, Sitgreaves and Tonto national forests.

One small pulpmill plant in Flagstaff, which started in 1954, has already expanded from 25- to 40-tons of production daily. It rvill use about 250,000 small Ponderosa pine trees thinned from Coconino forest.

It is reported that capital investments running up to $20 million can be expected if the inventory results are favorable. The foresters will measure the number of small trees that should be removed to improve the bigger sarvtimber stand. The regional forester at Albuquerque reported tl-re forest service should be able to make large scale offerings of pulprn'ood material by next fall. If the sales meet expectations, the ne'"v pulp mill industrv u'ill follorv. A forest service spokesman at Phoenix indicated that Flagstaff. Ariz., probably stands the best chance to gain the nerv industry. He said Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc., has already expressed interest in pulpmill possibilities.