Skookum Copper Mining Co. Saw Mill, Near Roslyn.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
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Citation
“Skookum Copper Mining Co. Saw Mill, Near Roslyn.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs,” Brooks Library Digital Collections, accessed May 21, 2013, http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/8644.
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Title
Skookum Copper Mining Co. Saw Mill, Near Roslyn.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
Subject
Kittitas County (Wash.) -- Buildings, Historic; Historic buildings -- Washington (State) -- Kittitas County; Skookum Copper Mining Co. (Roslyn, Wash.); Mines and mining -- Washington (State) -- Roslyn
Description
Mining required large supplies of timber for props, buildings and so on. The short-lived Skookum Copper Mining Co. built its own saw mill to avoid hauling lumber long distances over rough or non-existant roads.
Source
Ellensburg Public Library
Publisher
Ellensburg Public Library
Date
ca. 1900.
Contributor
North Kittitas County Historical Society. Photo #NKB-026
Rights
Permission to reproduce this image must be requested from the director of the Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection. Please contact at 209 N. Ruby St.. Ellensburg, WA 98926, (509) 962-7252.
Identifier
BLD-133