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Dad-Grampa cutting wood.jpg - John Clair Neel and Robert Clair Neel RN: "One of the tools of the timberman of that day-- a six foot crosscut saw. These tools were kept sharp by the worker. Dad made extra money sharpening other workers' saws. He had become quite good at it and other workers recognized this. (I have one of these saws in my storage shed that I used in 1945). Other tools used were the double bitted ax and a garden hoe with the blade straightened out. The garden hoe was used for peeling the bark from poles which would later be used for light or telephone poles and mining timbers. "Mining timbers" were used support the roofs of the mines in Park City."

John Clair Neel and Robert Clair Neel RN: "One of the tools of the timberman of that day-- a six foot crosscut saw. These tools were kept sharp by the worker. Dad made extra money sharpening other workers' saws. He had become quite good at it and other workers recognized this. (I have one of these saws in my storage shed that I used in 1945). Other tools used were the double bitted ax and a garden hoe with the blade straightened out. The garden hoe was used for peeling the bark from poles which would later be used for light or telephone poles and mining timbers. "Mining timbers" were used support the roofs of the mines in Park City."

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