Skookum Copper Mining Co. Sawmill, near Roslyn.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs
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Citation
Unknown., “Skookum Copper Mining Co. Sawmill, near Roslyn.Ellensburg Public Library Local History Collection Photographs,” Brooks Library Digital Collections, accessed May 24, 2013, http://digital.lib.cwu.edu/items/show/8652.
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Title
Skookum Copper Mining Co. Sawmill, 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 various mining facilities. The short-lived Skookum Copper Mining Co. built its own sawmill, to avoid hauling lumber long distances over rough or non-existent roads.Title on original hand colored photograph postcard: "Saw Mill of the Skookum Copper Mining Co., near Roslyn, Wash."
Creator
Unknown.
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.
Type
3 ½" x 5" b/w reprint of original hand colored photograph postcard.
Identifier
BLD-133