Shamco Lumber

About Shamco Lumber

Shamco Lumber is a sawmill in Iron River, Michigan, run by Jon Richter. The business is set up to serve mills, "procuring the highest quality lumber for Upper Michigan and Northern Wisconsin mills." Alongside the mill, Jon is also tied in with a logging and trucking company and a tree trimming and removal outfit, so timber buying and logging work both run through the same family of businesses. The wood they handle is hardwood, including hard maple, and they note their crew can cut hard maple year-round. Their finished lumber goes toward furniture, cabinetry, flooring, and similar finishing work rather than construction lumber that gets covered up. Jon and his father started the sawmill in Iron River in 2003. After his father passed away the following year, Jon ran it alone, modernized it in 2014, and in 2018 partnered with Shamco, Inc. to form Shamco Lumber as it operates today. They list Iron County as their service area. This fits a landowner in Iron County with hardwood timber, especially hard maple, who wants to deal with a mill that also has logging and buying connections under one roof, rather than piecing together separate contractors. From shamcolumber.com, read 8 October 2026.

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