What kind of pay would
Uncle Cyrus earn as a lumberjack?
A lumberjack’s hours were long, and the work
was hard and dangerous. They worked six days a week, and many days they worked
twelve hours. Lumberjacks
lived in camps and the cost of their meals came out of their wages. A
lumberjack was paid about $2.50 a day.
Visit the web site
below, to find out what the different logging jobs paid in the late 1800’s. How
much money per month did the lumberjack make? (“Chopper”, or “faller”,
are other names for “lumberjack”.)
(Janet Oakley’s
“General Store” Web Page—press your browser’s “Back” button to return)