WASHINGTON, June 19. -- The Census Office will soon publish a report on the mill and forest industries of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, comprising what is known as the "White Pine Group." ...

Before this tree was discovered, the largest white pine was thought to be a tree measuring 6 feet 9 inches in diameter. Alas, that one “was felled and converted into 29,800 feet of choice lumber.” ...

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Towering white pine brought settlers to the Saginaw Valley, but no one could have predicted the lasting impact the lumber industry would have. Delta College Public Media Presents is available to ...

Corresponding eastern white pine values are 8600 psi, 1.24 million psi, and 380 pounds. In other words, it is stronger, stiffer and harder than eastern white pine.

In just that year alone, 2.3 billion board feet of lumber was cut. That's enough white pine to build more than 600,000 two-storey homes-- or it's hard to imagine this-- but a nine-foot wide ...

Which brings us to the ruins of the former Baker White Pine Mill and the company town that once surrounded it in rural Grant County, Oregon, roughly a century ago — 1912 to 1930, to be more precise.

Ken and Joe Gagnon own a lumber yard in nearby Pittsford, Gagnon Lumber, and knew the owners at the mill and said they have noticed the industry shifting. “It was kind of sad to hear.