Sawmill

Hundreds of thousands of people migrated to California pursuing gold. The first man to find Californian gold was James Marshall, a carpenter building a sawmill for John Sutter on the American River. Both men agreed to keep the treasure a secret to protect their land, but newspaper and store owner Sam Brannon caught wind of the discovery. He walked up and down the streets of San Francisco with a small vial of gold telling people he had found it in the American River. By the end of 1849, less than…

Running a chainsaw safely is of utmost importance. The last thing in the world that you're going to do is a chainsaw accident. These powerful devices are very uncompromising in human flesh, and it would be a shame to see what they will do to your hand, leg or face. However, there are two things that you should definitely be sure to do with your chainsaw on a regular basis. The first is this, make sure the chain has always experienced a strong chain. A boring chain saw chain can mean that in…

The human brain is a fascinating yet complex notion to grasp for the majority of people. Only a handful of individuals have truly discovered the many intricate components of the mind; however, even they still have a long way to go before they can absorb the infinite miracles of the brain. It is for this reason that people fail to maximize their full potential while trying to learn new material, recall old information, or apply newly learned knowledge. In the University Lecture Series 2015, Dr.…

Hurricane of Destruction Prior to 2012, lasting memories were made on the Seaside pier then the “Hurricane of destruction,” changed everything. This storm came and destroyed a historic landmark and devastated a community. Before, Seaside was a thriving beach town in New Jersey and after, it was the a town that was changed completely forever. Moreover, the lasting effect from Hurricane Sandy changed the community, and the economy. The community of Seaside had a devastating toll to the point…

I think they could have survived if they remained on their land. They were doing just fine before Andrew Jackson came along with his Indian Removal Act. They had all the resources they needed to survive if they stayed on their land. Much sooner than the Indian Removal Act they had a populace of 25,000 and were viewed as the biggest Native Indian tribe in America. They were moreover named a champion amongst the most socialized tribes in the range and more Westernized in their standpoint. They had…

industry Weyerhaeuser was already a successful businessman. Weyerhaeuser had very high hopes about the company he was investing in. By the 1900s the lumber company was blossoming. There were many tools helping this industry evolve such as axes and sawmills. After awhile of cutting the trees…

In the United States during the time of 1848, a new view and outlook to its identity would be taken on. This identity is contributed to acts it created and that is of a new and prosperous way of living and a newfound way to make money through certain new emerging businesses. In retrospect to this new notion of a prosperous life, along with it would follow the openness of the people in the United States being more willing, to broadening their views on how they make money. Mostly it would be the…

up a study that was done in sawmills where the workers had extreme hours. For example the workers, worked nights and then mornings or visa versa. These extreme hours of night and day have a deleterious effect on the workers circadian clocks. Having such effects on a person’s circadian clock gives the same effect as jet lag. The study was conducted to observe what would happen if they where to put blue-green lighting into the light fixtures while the workers of the sawmill worked during the…

tree for lumber? The lumber industry was very important to Minnesota’s history. It helped Minnesota get to where it is today. The industry started when Frederick Weyerhaeuser invested in the lumber industry. He expanded his business in Minnesota to sawmills and small railroad lines. In 1890, he bought more than 200,000 acres of timberland in central Minnesota. Weyerhaeuser and his partners cut down acres of white pine. White pine was the best tree for lumber, because it was very tall (150…

The novels Broken Ground by Jack Hodgins and Green Grass Running Water by Thomas King are comparable to the film, The Sweet Hereafter directed by Atom Egoyan. Broken Ground incorporates profound symbolism, Green Grass Running Water introduces the reader to the merging of oral and written language and The Sweet Hereafter utilizes elements of film, such as continuity, to portray a non-linear plot which remarkably facilitates in . Each work of text emulates these elements, to a certain extent, in…