The Loma Prieta Lumber Company's motorcar #3 pushing a flatcar
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The Loma Prieta Lumber Company's motorcar #3 pushing a flatcar loaded with supplies from Molino to the base of the Molino Timber Company's incline. The Molino Timber Company was incorporated in 1911 as a subcontracting company of the Loma Prieta Lumber Company.
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Powell p. 129
In the Santa Cruz Mountains, Loma Prieta area, in what became Forest of Nisene Marks State Park.
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Molino Junction, Molino Timber Company
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Shipping station and receiving point for the Molino Timber Company at Molino (Junction), on a branch of the Southern Pacific. The Molino Timber Company was incorporated in 1911 as a subcontracting company of the Loma Prieta Lumber Company. Molino used 30-inch narrow gauge cars to transport their lumber. These narrow gauge cars used the smaller rail seen between the standard rails of the left-hand track. The trestle on the far right led to the Loma Prieta Company's sawmill.
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At Molino (Santa Cruz Mountains, Loma Prieta area, 3 miles from Aptos), in what became Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
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Ox teams hauling lumber
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Ox teams hauling lumber.
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Grovers Mill
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Grovers Mill. In 1861, three Grover brothers plus three other men established a lumber company called Grover and Company. They purchased land about two miles north of Soquel on Bates Creek and the area came to be known as Grovers Gulch. The company eventually built two more mills in the area plus mills in Scotts Valley, Porter Gulch, and Clear Creek (Brookdale). The white-bearded man is Stephen Frealon (or Freeland?) Grover, one of the three brothers.
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Koch p.117
Written on back of mounting
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Molino Timber Company's railroad in the Hinkley Basin area
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Molino Timber Company's railroad in the Hinkley Basin area. The Molino Timber Company was incorporated in 1911 as a subcontracting company of the Loma Prieta Lumber Company. On the flatcar are two of the Molino Timber Company's directors, Al Williams and Oscar Chase.<br /><br />In the Santa Cruz Mountains, Loma Prieta area, in what became the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park.
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Hamman p. 69
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Laurel Area bull donkey
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Laurel bull donkey. A donkey was an engine used to hoist logs onto flatcars bound for the mill. Cables could be extended on spools run through the woods for a distance of up to several miles. In the Laurel area of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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A man on the top of a giant log
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A man on the top of a giant (redwood?) log.
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Tram at Waddell Beach, at the mouth of Waddell Creek
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The tram at Waddell Beach, at the mouth of Waddell Creek. The settlement of Waddell was named for William White Waddell. In 1861, he built a sawmill, tramway, and wharf along the creek that was named for him. Waddell Beach became part of Big Basin Redwoods State Park, Rancho del Oso section.
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Lumbering engine
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Lumbering engine.
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Logging accident
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