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his three sons, H. N. Anderson, Jr., Sam Anderson, and G. E. Anderson, and also A. \Ar. Middleton, all of Aberdeen. The elder Anderson proceeded to California to devel_ op their properties, and build the great mill rvith a railroad to serve it. He built a railroad from Bear Harbor on the Pacific Coast, to the site of Andersonia, rvhich he laid out, a distance of abour_ 15 miles. He bought a dock at Bear Harbor from which to ship their lumber by boat after the railroad brought it out from the mill. He dammed a creek and created a big mill pond, installed logging operations and started cutting logs while the mill rvas building. He bought more than half a billion feet of big Redn ood timber right at the mill. He laid out the mill town, and then he built the mill. Not more than thirty days before the mill lvould have started cutting logs, H. N. Anderson stood directing the hoisting of a beam by a donkey engine, when the timber swung against his head, killing him. Then a 'curtain settled down over Andersonia.

The crews of every kind were immediately dismissed, and everything rvas left just where it was when the tragedy occurred. That rvas late in October, 1905. The entire setup was left just as it was for more than forty years. And that is how Andersonia became the most memorable ghost sawmill in all history. The second generation of Andersons salvaged some equipment and supplies, such as belting and saws, but otherwise left the place just as it was.

The third generation of Andersons, however, have done something about it. Three sons of S. M. Anderson, who , was interested with his father in the company, have stepped into the picture. They are the sole owners of the ,.-iirr_ ing properties including a great stand of Redwood timber. They created the Indian Creek Lumber Company to take over and operate rvhat is left of the properties of the South_ ern Humboldt Lumber Company. They have built a new mill of modest size not far from the site of the Andersonia ghost mill, and are norv operating it. They are cutting over two millior-r feet of logs ,cut by their grandfather, rvhich have been lying there for 42 years. Most of the wood is

From George Kendrick

"You have grown to become such a part of the California lumber picture ,both with the retailers and distributors, that we trust that you and your fine magazine will celebrate the second 25th anniversary.', Geo. R. Kendrick, Pope & Talbot, fnc., San Francisco.

sound and merchantable, quite a tribute to Redwood. And they lvill enlarge the mill at once by the installation of a resaw, and will then continue the mill permanently with a daily production of 50,000 to 60,000 feet of lumber.

The railroad to Bear Harbor is entirely gone, so they are using a new method of getting out their lumber. Their mill is on the South Fork of the Eel River, and they are hoisting their lumber across the river by a sky-line, and then trucking it to the San Francisco area. Their employees live on the opposite side of the river from the mill, and go across on a suspension type foot bridge. Supplies come to the mill by sky-line.

So the third generation of Andersons has now brought life and industry back to that area, rvhile just a stone's throrv away remains and will always remain, the ghost torvn that rvas Andersonia two generations back.

Non', is this a sawmill story. or isn't it?

From Bill Cowling

"We want you to know that the service your publication has rendered to the lumber industry of this state is very much appreciated and we always read your publication from cover to cover." Bill Cowling, Dixie Lumber & Supply Co., San Diego.

We wish to tell you about our "speciclized Service" in mixed c<rrs ol Douglcrs Fir, Ponderoscr Pine, cnrd Sugtrr Pine.

we crre proud oI our qbility to ship mixed items in vcnious combinqtions oI clmost crrry home construction lumber items. This is the type of merchcr.rdising thct we hcve estcblished lor the benefit ol the retail trqde. Our wellmcrnulcrctured grcrde-crnd tr<rde-marked <rssortnent in a ccr is a distinct <rdvcntcrge to the retciler cnd his customer alike. These mixed ccrs provide the retqiler. with cr well bclcnrced lumber inventory lrom which his customers ccm select m(my oI their requirements.

we iry our best to mcrintcrin cr complete inventory oI the vcrrious items constituting our "Specicrlized Mixed Cars."

Our Plcrning Mill is provided, with equipment necesscry to mcke the various iteis for oui mixed ccrr shipments, including cn S,A. Woodg 10" Moulder with which we mcrke $n ll ccsing cnd btrse and detcril moulded stcndard pcrtterns in both Pine crnd Fir, Our Stetson'Ross 6,,xI5,, Mcrtcher males crll oI our Flooring crnd Stcndcnd Siding pcrtterns. The s,A. woods 6"x25" Surlcrcer hcndles the finish cnrd 4-side bocrds; cr Stetson-Ross 6"x15" Mctcher runs. the shiplcp cnd center mctched bocrds cnd "dcsed-edge" smcrll diirensioq* and the wider a, dimension, Lx1,4x6 cnd lqrgei timbers qre.surlcced by our 16"x20" Stetson-Ross sizer.

This tells you trbout our "speciclized service" in mixed ccrrs oI Douglcs F *,4 tine, but don't oierlook the lcrct tliat we mcke strcright ccr shipments ol boqrds, dimension, timbers, and industrial items.