By Joy Williams
The
heart
of the
community:
Crown
Zellerbach
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Crown Zellerbach is the leadings
in Estacada. The mill used to beam
dent operation owned by Glen Pa
it was purchased by Crown in 1969,
Parks, who now owns the Safari
Estacada, started the mill in 1946.1
the mill was a small operation.Cm
out by making eight-foot lumber a
for camps. Later he transferred tt
lumber as there was no longer the
shorter cuts.
"The major change was in 1958«
pond was put in and the barker andq
said Parks. "From then on,every I
vested about a quarter of a million
The last year I owned the milljtwas
out 72 million board feet."
When Parks was owner he hadab
people working for him and was res
for 90 per cent of their business be
had the distinction of being one of
ten independent mills in the nation,
Parks decided to sell the mill after
hurt in a hunting accident. A Land
ran over him when he was on a
breaking 23 bones.
Crown Zellerbach as it is todayh
employes including loggers, truck (
sawyers, chain pullers and planerm
mill works in two shifts and is noil
The logs come from timber sales
the Bureau of Land Management.
Zellerbach has its own logging™
also buys lumber from "gypo" egg
addition to local sales, someofthel
is exported.
"We are putting out about six i
board feet per month and the logt
getting better every year," said Jo
Personnel and Safety Supervisor at
Zellerbach.
Photo by Joy W'*!
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