sawmill: Quick Facts

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portable sawmill

A sawmill in Nelson, B.C.

A sawmill with stacks of cut logs sits at the edge of dense pine and eucalyptus forest, with scattered white buildings and dirt roads in the hilly Highveld of western Swaziland.

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Key People

Weyerhaeuser, Frederick

Frederick Weyerhaeuser

American businessman