• Who Were These Men, How Many of them Were There, and When Did They Work?
• Average Age, Wage, #Married & With Children
• Labor Conditions
• Labor Unrest
• Safety & Accidents
• Winter Work in the Camps
• Job Terminology

* C.L. & B. crew. Courtesy of the Chippewa County Historical Society. Click on image to enlarge.

Who Were These Men, How Many of them Were There, and When Did They Work

The labor force of the mill was composed of lumberjacks who came out of the woods in the spring, and who worked in the sawmill during the sawing season. *Right here I want to include a picture of the inside of the sawmill. The season was from April until cold weather in the fall. (C.L. & B. season dates). The economics of the time and the river levels dictated its length. If enough logs could not be driven, it was shortened and if the cut did not sell well, that also had an effect.62 As of 1888 there were 350 men employed in the Chippewa Lumber and Boom’s sawmill.63 Overall, the company employed in the mill and around their yards over 700 men.64