Milling rimu

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DescriptionOff one of my father's slides, obviously taken in tricky light.
Simply titled "Milling Rimu".
We were on holiday in the early 60's when he took this, I think it was on the main road between Greymouth and Hokitika
Contributor Steve Fitz-Gerald‎

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Date Created8th February 2020CommentsArthur Bass 3 Mile Mill, Hoki ?

Kel Page-Stirling Arthur Bass my dad worked that mill. We lived at 3mile

Alec Birch I would agree Arthur, a true icon that mill.

Craig Benbow Must have been a lot of Mills like this. Ruru looked pretty much the same and I did a bit of a double take until I saw the scene outside. The double saw was pretty useful on the big trees

Shayne Simon What year did this close..early 2000 ish??

Steve Fitz-Gerald Someone will probably identify the two blokes in the pic which should confirm the location
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Terry Harding If it was alongside the main road between the two towns I would think it's the mill that used to be just north of hokitika at 3 mile

Phil Millar Jack's sawmill.

Mahana Nelly 3 mile mill

Brent David Band mill on opposite side
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Arthur Bass Used to buy a truck load of the days dockings for firewood from there.

Geoffrey Bell You can rule the Camerons Mill out. It's not there.

James Codyre Guy controlling the feeding log called the "Breaker Down" and the one with the cant hook was the "Turner Down"I started my sawmilling career on the cant hook at New Forest Sawmills,Ngahere.

Geoffrey Bell My first job was "Manager of the Waste Timber Department" (Slabby). I was then promoted to "Fiddler". School holiday job.

Trish Barclay Awatuna.

Tony Paul Snow Thomas's mill at Houhou /3mile, Hokitika

Arthur Bass Snow had the Band Mill didn't he TP ?

Les Bryce Hou Hou, Rochard Gibbens was the manager he the went on to the Taramakau Hotel

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