When I first posted A Memory In The Mist I thought it would be an unusual sight for most folks. With so many people unfamiliar with teepee burners and their use, and add to that a picture of one decaying into the earth, it would be something different. I decided I would show you a few more images of full standing burners that are still around. They represent something from the past that was left behind by the forward march of technology.
This pen and ink represents an old-time sawmill with a teepee burner.
In the old days, before sawdust was used for particle board and bark was used for landscaping, it was burned. Much of it was burned to power the boilers at the mill, but excess wood waste was just burned. Today’s mill residues that cannot be used in other products are burned in co-generation plants to generate electricity. Nothing goes to waste anymore.
The Carlotta, California teepee burner was an extra-large one.
A big one like the Carlotta burner could handle a lot of mill residue. With the mill gone the old burner stands like a grave marker of the old mill site.
It is a tall skinny teepee burner in Nubieber, California.
A tall burner like the one Nubieber was built with a tall chimney. This reduced the risk of sparks starting a fire outside the burner.
This teepee burner is located between Anderson and Redding, California.
The Anderson burner was a very typical design around here. As a child I lived about a half mile from this one.
A teepee burner in use from 1932.
The teepee burner from A Memory In The Mist.
Where once was smoke now there is foliage.
Nature is resilient and relentless and will be here long after we are gone.
Here comes the sun.
THE FORESTER ARTIST 
thanks for the walk thru a distant memory in Cloverdale !
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You are very welcome Linda!
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I found your post extremely interesting. Thank you.
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Thank you Don. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
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interesting post, lovely picture and nice drawing! thanks
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Thank you Katleen that is very kind of you to say.
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Tim is a walk in memory lane or some space craft that landed yesterday.. interesting. Like your drawing.
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Thanks Doron. They are quite odd looking and now have no apparent purpose. I think it is that artistic quality about them that I like, and they remind me of another time. They do kind of look like a space ship don’t they.
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Fantastic sketch, images and info, Tim.
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Thanks so much Scott.
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Lovely sketch. Also I like the photograohs and the information you presented. A good education about the foresty industry from the past and the present.
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Thank you Yvonne. I’m glad you liked it!
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This was something new for me today. The burner in the mist had a haunting feel to it. Love your sketch, Tim. Really interesting post. Glad I popped in today.
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Thank you Maddie. It is always fun and challenging to come up with something new to most folks, even though it was really something old!
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Wonderful drawing and photos. We call them beehive burners here. I find so hopeful your observation about the resilience of nature.
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Thank you Annerose. I recall you telling me the name beehive burners. It must be a regional difference. It is a fitting name. After all my years as a forester I do believe the nature is quite resilient. With good stewardship on our part it will thrive when given half a chance.
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I used to live about 150 yards from a teepee burner. The new technology is so much cleaner and with greater benefit.
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So true!
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Had no idea. Your drawing pulled me in to learn something. Thanks Tim!
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I’m so glad you came by. Thanks Elena!
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I learned so much with your post ad your drawing is detailed. Glad to see that nature took back her rights. .
Thanks Tim
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Thanks, she always does in the end.
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Tim,
Thanks for sharing these photos. I learned so much and enjoyed every moment of it.
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Wow, thanks Linda!
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Great post. Thanks for the history lesson. I don’t recall ever seeing one of these, but I’m not near logging country.
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Thanks Ilex. They were common in the western US and Canada. I don’t know how common they were in the East. Now you will know what it is if you see one.
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These burners actually remind me of a space capsule for some reason. It is interesting to read about how they dealt with the logging waste. Seemed a good solution for its times.
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They do have that shape of the old Gemini capsules don’t they. It was there most efficient solution in their day. Now the waste is no longer waste it is a by product that goes into particle board, landscape bark, pulp for paper and electricity. Technology has created great opportunity and solved a lot of problems.
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So interesting and great photos
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Thank you Susan
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A lot of history being gobbled up by nature, isn’t it?
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Yes it is. Just think of the history that you write about. The relics and people of that era are all sadly fading away.
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Yes, so true. I feel like a door is closing before I can catch it.
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Interesting. We don’t have these burners. Not now, not before.
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You would need to have trees! Lol!
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I lived a few years in Alamogordo, NM and there was a big one of those on the edge of town. Cool post!
-Ben
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Thanks Ben!
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