SAWMILLS. SECTION, Thurs., Nov..9, 1961 Here’ s What Goes onji SA Sayatem of ° forest tenure known os' the’ Tree’ Farm Licence made the Celgar pulp mill and in tegrated sawmills possible. Security of timber supply was the chief factor in the selection of the plant site here.” Investigation ‘into the timber resources In this area led to the in. corporation of Celgar Limited “in 1961 with ‘the ultimate : investment of nearly’ $50 million “in. the inte- grated - woods, sawmill sand Pulp, mill operation. *. The ‘Tree -Farny, Lice: cetive system | was established. in, Britishi* Columbia, G. McKENZIE alte, to Mica Creek near the site of the “proposed Mica dam, part of the Columbia river power develop- ment, ; ‘The allowable annual cut of the Licence 1s 30 mifiion cuble feet. When operating: at designed capac. ity, the pulp mill produces 175,000 tons of pulp annually using about 280,000. cunits of wood; the: two sawmills will produce about 200,000 fom per shift and will use sbout 120,000. cunits of sawlogs. y The combined requirements of the pulpmill and sawmills will be 400,000 cunits of which. 300,000 cun~" ite will come from the TFL. Of the Licence aren, some 370,000 acres are |: immature timber (under 220 years old), and 450,000 acres are mature timber, Subject to compHance with the terms of the cortract, the Licence is perpetual, In return for. this as- surance of timber supply, Celgar agreed to. adopt’ acceptable stand- ards of forest management and.to establish a pulp ‘mill of at least a $00-ton per day capacity by March 1, 1961. An important feature of the Tree Farm area is that the major- ity of the timber Mes within a 15-|' mile distance of the. Arrow Lakes and Columbia river which run through the length of the area, The transportation system is a combin- ation of truck hauls, bundling, ri- ver driving and towing, Panay 8 the company in- @s @ means of bringing the cut up to sustained ‘yield forest manage- ment requirements and at the same time’ to provide the incentive and security of tenure for the large ca- pital investment: necessary to- es- tablish. the integrated forest oper- ations so vital to the economical utilization ‘of the range and grades of species found in B&, forests. -Most-'Tree Farm Licence agree. ments in $British Columbia involve a partnership in ‘which public lands and the, private holdings of the ll- W. B. MOROZOFF Sawmill Supervisor of driving bundles of He down. the Columbia tiver from Boat Encampment to! Arrowhead, a distance of 160 ules, These bundles were wrapped loosely with wire rope and floated 8 the river rose. Below And log. Handling jine pa ee Lakes are gcnorally used with each truck, Other logging areas use cofiven. toxal crawler log loaders equipped with grapples for loading logs onto conventional truck and trailers, The loads are banded at the log dump with steel bands or wire rope, then dumped into the water and towed fo booming and raftingtrounds, one B pment, = Sawmill Supervisor loge acres of “ produetive: ‘for- est land. Surrounding this region'..are other drainages contalnl:g more than twice >the ‘productive capacity of the Arrow Lakes forests, Cutting in these arcag ls presently confined to sawmill and pole operations; * ‘The 890,000-acre TFL and three | Colsar’s Tree Farm’ Licéncé covers some Public Working .Circles,: managed | by the 15.0; Forest Service for, pub-| 860, 000’ acres ‘of. productive forest land’ Me’ development, place most of the} in a-series of timber. bloc! Arrow. Lakes aren «lirectly under’! tlegar” and Mica Creek, 200, miles up. thé Columbia river valley. Truck loads i plan’ .of* sustained ‘yleld _manage- Nearly 40 per cent of the logs trom the. TFL ure expected. to be siwlog grade and species, ‘with ‘the remaining ‘60 per cent, developing as pulpwood, °° Celgar-’ will’ contlitie. to ‘make log purchases from independent op- eratora outside the TRL (and will alsa provide, under the terms of its Licence, the ‘opportunity for 30, per cent of: its TFL. cut to be.car-, ricd out by independent operators, Since the turn ‘of ‘the ‘century numerous sawmills and pole“ com- panies have selectively logged the arta leaving-s fesidual stand of overmature timber suitable only for pulp, One of. the’ major forest man* agement to step nearer the mill. he Timber Resources “Because wood is a major cost component In a forest industry, Wood cost and continulty. of supply are fundamental to the establish- ment of such an industry. Arrow Lakes area extends ffrom Mica Creek in the north to Castlegar in the south, a distance of more than 200 miles, This area as defined, contains an established ‘harvest, these residual stands of : pulp timber “while - clear-cutting other areas for both pulp timber and sawlogs. The second objective is to: man- fge immature’. stands. comprising about 370,000 ‘atres or about 42 per ® cent of the total productive area. Most of these stands came in‘fol-| Twin log decks’ feed’ through lowing forest flrés which ‘occurred during or preceding the initial Pere (continuea on page five) truck loads of logs are bundled be- | 2 fore belng dumped into the’ river. River boats are used ‘to herd the bundles and collect them near Ar- rowhead. Here’ the bundles. .are made into big booms ‘and towed to @ central booming and rafting ata. tioh where they are assembled into tows. Lake tow boats tow the booms to storage areas in the Lower Ar- row Lakes about 10 miles from the pulp mill. These tugs have handled tows of 10,000 cunits and have made the 120-mule round trip between Rockslide and Syringa Creek.in ay proximately 85 hours, --°- feed. individual bundles to the 60- on capacity pulp mill bridge crane ‘or. sawmill Jog’ carriages. A repre. sentative bundle would weigh be! 55 feet long, and 16 feet wide in the water, Because of variations in elle mate, species and topography, log- ging operations have been. planned by- geographical -units, “At- present major operations are in the ‘Whatshan, Fosthall, Shelter Bay and Haltway Creek areas. loading and hauling cencee are combined and managed as a sustained yleld unit. In 192 "Celgar. obtained a re- serve on certain Crown Lands and at the same time purchased sawmill properties and private timber hold- ings in this area. . After years of inventory work and forest planning, in 1965 Celgar received timber rights to about 860,- _ 000 acres of productive forest land ‘under Tree Farm Licence No, 23 issued, by the provincial governe ment.» Divided: into four blocks, the]. (cence extends from Syringa Creek, about seven miles west ‘of the plant methods vary depending ‘on‘size of timber, species and topography. The main concern has been to devise the most effective way of using logging equipment to give low-cost logs, In the Fosthall area, for example, fork \fts and preload trailérs are used to move timber 15 miles‘ to the Fosthall dump on the Upper Arrow Lakes. ‘The ‘HD 11G makes its own turn of five or. six logs--in the ‘woods, packs the turn in the fork to a preload trailer at a roadside Jand ing about 400 feet away, ; ‘The preload trailers are 25-ton logging trailers with hydraulically operated landing legs. Two trailers al ig circular overhead cutoff saw ath hetween’ Cas-: : 108i are bundled with wire rope oe push- ed ‘into the river above Revelstoke. ‘Dur-' ing periods of high water"they float:to the head of the Arrow: Lakes | where they are caught, and boomed. . iii Tsao; It out can be seen from the ‘above - photo- graph, In left background; a:log can be seen emerging from the. arm" barker. feed- ing to the fir-side band headrig at. right. “headrig-gang -: g. double’ edger. A ‘second, almost. duplicate charge toa aw, mill, stands to the deft “(continued from page Stour), ‘Arrowhead and’ Syringa. “creek and}: jod of settlement of the... Arrow Lay are ‘subject ‘at an eatly age'to mor- kes dating back to’ 1000 ‘or -1860,". -} tality losses ‘in Site bist? Jodgepole mature. atands occur in the: South- ern. ‘halt of: bbe Licence between hit Under the terms, of the Licence, Celgar: iat manage + Its “privately held “lands on the same basis as‘the governmeng’ timber. In the” ‘TEL. 2 faust nlso. balance -its' logging : to within: 10° per cent. ef the’ allowable cute ‘daking~a, ‘five-year period or (ontinuea teom page two) each powered bys 160 HP induc- through ao ‘Ate A elght inch’ x 84-inch F é-8| double edger (4 and 3 saws). is’ in- stalled on the ‘fir’sldo ‘of- the mlll while a: alx Inch:x S&-inch similar machine (is installed, on’ the: pine, side, These edgers are fitted with | air optrated: set works for’ shifting the sawa on’ the-hard Siisomed are ‘the edger’ wheré means are provided d 1] to” separately" dispose of slabs, square .sawn. lumber, and Jacket %oands' to be edged. “A Filer &’ Stowell 6-ft. vertical Take attar. of. roses; ‘imagine’ cologne. . Oh, each has an‘ odor,:a: :smell‘of its own. The lilac, ‘the lily, arbutus in May, -..: They all have.their perfume, all:.right, in a ‘way. But nothing ‘can equal,’ can’ equal-or-. will, the smell of the sawdust ° that come: fro) re walked in the’ “meadows, Ive Wandered' the woods I've-picked ‘all. the: posies‘a man: ever: could:. : I’ve: smelled the: Berbena, it’ surely’ But nothing can equal the smell-of | the pine. I know’ where the nectar, the richest’ll spill, It comes from the sawdust that comes from the mill. ‘There's’ sométhing about it, it’s’ hard to: say what, There’s something about it the rest, haven’t got. -Your honey is: ‘sickish;: your perfume is. faint, But sawdust is all: ‘that the other things-ain’t. It’s cool as the breezes and moist’ as the rill, The smell of the sawdust that comes from: the mill. Tm sick of the city, I’m tired of the town, I think I'll go back and settle me down Some place. where there’s timber, _ some place where there’s saws, - EEN A band and‘an edger and trimmer, because There isn’t a. tonic when someone is ill : Like the smell, of the sawdust that comes from the mil ‘And when I pass over, and: when Iam’ thru, Up yonder in heaven, 1’ know. what: I'll. do; Til stand by the gate and. keep watching for those | Tis Who come with the smell “OE the.pine on. their. clo’s, ¢ For even in heaven ‘Pit want: it, I will,: “ ne The smell of the sawdust Hat comes from: the mill. — ‘Anonymous ‘ iT SS Congratulations ooetey ton: Se a nee CELGAR LTD. On’ going into full production ‘at its Sawmill operation. . ue see. cits’ - CEDAR & SPRUCE PANELING. :ON DISPLAY IN. : the Arrow Lakes.qred are caused: by ” ‘Fire Over'86 por cent of the'fires in rally ‘occur ‘They. genes 3 dnasossalble ‘valleys, ‘and. on rages | end mountain improve inventory information, © tectién, a Hiller ‘a ee rhoonter. for and: also similar pull-of{ “for 1-inch fir’ clearp,' etc. te. Join the pine: flow as desired. : z | weighometer -to a 450 HP Rader eome’.2,200: feet tothe pulp mill ig this’ old kpgoiy pointed. t ‘by eon ‘and: safety R. Rivers, that is used to’ load dathes. After or. was’ “used to haul: the ‘wagon “about the mill, anven, powered by 300 HP squirrel roll case and delivered by belt con- cage, 550, V- motors and ‘operate’ ‘at | veyor’ to - a ‘semi-automatic’ drop- 600 REM, type, sorting mechaniam.: This ma- In-each chipper line is a spike chine provides for 23. separate sorts roll to remove sawdust ‘and small|by grade, width and length, It is pics of wood and a Metector me-| 300 feet Jong, 30 feet high, and will}. tal detector. sort lumber from 8 ft, to 20 ft. long. Chips from the ‘two chippers| eed ex are’ conveyed to'a 6-unit surge bin from which they are fed“by doublé screws to's belt passing over a ‘Pneumatics high pressure blower m, This blower system blows the chipa-2,240 feet through an 16. Inch’ diameter steel pipe to the pulp mil) where they are screened prior to colt to:the pulp digesters, +, Sewdugt and ‘small bite of wood pass, ‘over & mete] detector. and into ‘3 Montgomery Bat-Rite ‘Blo-Hog. I¢ then goes to a.7%4-unit surge bin t0 | reased be be Jolned. by refuse from the planer mill and is blown by a 360-BP high preasure Rader* Pneumatics system au a 16-inch Pipe to the pul ‘Yex-and pumps the bark and :Wwater ‘mixture™ through ’ @)-"10-Inch .: pipe. "on 20-2. centres surface : root on Z-inch de G Cedar deck dng is fire owned Nérsemen, for detection and by site suppression. Hotel Marlane Joined beams supported at mid span as Other’ fire - ontrol- Fe ate, Pullcing. .walleiby. co! equipment includes three tankers, 16 tanks, 11 miles of... hose, and | miscellaneous |“. equipment,” ‘During “the. past five | columns, Re ES Waste Panes and Reoarery | yeara miles of fire suppreasion roads Stimner horsontal: feed ‘waste eesd have been ‘bulit to’ give access into ehippers -— ‘= one for each aide of the some of the more inaccessible areas: Forest Inventory Complete aerial photographic ping of forest cover types. The com- au — all part of a continuing effort to Of the. 860,000 acres within the Ueence boundaries, nearly °450,000|: dinceed t through the 20-year. age classes from 0 to 120, This distribu. tion has resulted from the LUght- ning fires which have been part’ of |’ the history of this forest region. 7 > Nearly half the . immature #tands. fall. into the 40-80-year ‘classes, These are mainly:located ‘in the southern half of the Licence atea which is warmer, and drier: The stands generally ate char- actelistically of mixed species, a a) aviesad rotation age will be, f from, 80, to 100 years. : Wood Production F During its years of logging to bundled, pit into ‘the. river and floated to a booming ground near mill, .-"These~“machines -are’’ V-be¥t fom ne ‘West and East Blocks 200 te water pollution in the ri- << Bough Sort = Lumber from the fir side after _ Management and Stafé atteri, “which it is yarded by carrier -from the pine side, af. 3 ter: trimming, is turned’ through = ee ke tans tales CR ao North ‘Block (sbove Rev- jcovereage has been obtained as a elstoke) is tributary to, the upper basis for identification and map-} Columbia river. Here the loge will be tractor-ekidded \to the river bank, the head of the Upper Arrow. Lake. The clearing:-of /50,000 ‘acres in cA THE Castlegar and District ——e Chamber “of Commerce EXTENDS . ‘CONGRATULATIONS - Colgar, Limited SAWMILLS DIVISION ; On the opening. of the largeat Sawnnill i in Canada east of coastal Pusat Columbia. When the log haul carriage reachés’ the top, it runs over, eight “fingers” which have been dropped to the track level. The whole bundle is then lifted from the car. lowing it to return for a new bundle. “Fingers” are ‘rai ‘ed, the straps-rémoved, and the logs’ spilled onto the. log deck a few at ‘a time." The deck: feeds the conveyor through the ‘cut-off saw. Logs in extreme foreground: are on second deck feeding eee, but using s same cut-off saw.and barker: . =: OUR SHOWROOM We are indeed pleased ana’ ‘proud of their expanded operations: PHONE 365-7112 3 mer