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Two men with the long pikes are "poling" logs in the log pond toward the jack ladder which takes the logs into the sawmill.

1. George Foster, D. D. Brown, and Charles W. Feeny at Sawmill in Montes, Randolph County,W. Va

IDNO:
034766
Title:
George Foster, D. D. Brown, and Charles W. Feeny at Sawmill in Montes, Randolph County,W. Va
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
Two men with the long pikes are "poling" logs in the log pond toward the jack ladder which takes the logs into the sawmill.
He was the millwright and foreman of the Lumber Mill in Montes, Randolph County.

2. Millwright and Foreman Burrows Stands Outside Mill, Montes, W.Va.

IDNO:
034769
Title:
Millwright and Foreman Burrows Stands Outside Mill, Montes, W.Va.
Date:
1907
Description:
He was the millwright and foreman of the Lumber Mill in Montes, Randolph County.

3. Mill Worker Poling on Log Pond, Montes, W. V.

IDNO:
034770
Title:
Mill Worker Poling on Log Pond, Montes, W. V.
Date:
ca. 1907
'This picture shows the family group of mostly sawmill men, part of whom lived with Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Brown in the house shown and includes part of the office force and railroad crew. This group is made up as follows: Left to right: D. D. Brown(standing on the porch), Webb Helmick(standing next to D. D. B.), and Lester H. Sickler(engineer). Standing first on ground: Eugene Schock(sawyer), Charles W. Fenney(stenographer & bookkeeper), Overton(handy-boy from Towanda, Pa.), Eliza Brown(Mrs. M. L. Brown), Fred Brown( with axe, locomotive engineer), W. W. Burton(Boer War, Englishman from England), J. B. White(saw filler), M. L. Brown(mill and yard superintendent) and Sag(setter).'

4. Sawmill Crew, Montes, W. Va.

IDNO:
034796
Title:
Sawmill Crew, Montes, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1906
Description:
'This picture shows the family group of mostly sawmill men, part of whom lived with Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Brown in the house shown and includes part of the office force and railroad crew. This group is made up as follows: Left to right: D. D. Brown(standing on the porch), Webb Helmick(standing next to D. D. B.), and Lester H. Sickler(engineer). Standing first on ground: Eugene Schock(sawyer), Charles W. Fenney(stenographer & bookkeeper), Overton(handy-boy from Towanda, Pa.), Eliza Brown(Mrs. M. L. Brown), Fred Brown( with axe, locomotive engineer), W. W. Burton(Boer War, Englishman from England), J. B. White(saw filler), M. L. Brown(mill and yard superintendent) and Sag(setter).'