During the Silver Boom of 1890, miners and loggers harvested the trees, using the timber for mine and home construction.

1890年爆发采银热潮，矿工和伐木工为了建造矿井和房屋，将这里的树木砍伐殆尽。

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By production practice for several years, it achieved evident benefit of high output, high efficiency, low timber consume and well safety in this mine.

经过几年的生产实践，该矿取得了高产、高效、坑耗低、安全好的明显效益。

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