Funny you mention something like that mart. I worked for a timber company there in the 90's and there were folks that secured the rights from them to haul out old cull logs and stumps and cut them into usable boards like grapestakes and shingles. Some of those culls had been laying on the ground for over 100 years and were still sound as redwood is very rot/insect resistant.

If a cull log was long enough, the company still had a mill in operation that could handle old growth and it could be sent there. The new mill couldn't handle anything over 36" diam, was designed strictly for second and third growth wood.

When I was over there I saw the old growth mill was mostly non-operational and used to store some stuff.

Geno

The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)

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