Lack of Available U.S. Forest Service Timber for Sale in the Black Hills Forces Neiman Enterprises to Close Hill City South Dakota Sawmill

Neiman Enterprises has announced that after 53 years of continuous operation, the company has decided to shutter its Hill City, South Dakota sawmill. In discussing the closure, Jim D. Neiman, President of Neiman Enterprises said, the mill closure is outside of the company’s control and comes as the result of a reduction in the amount of timber being sold by the U.S. Forest Service in the Black Hills. The Hill City facility purchases approximately 80% of their timber from the Forest Service. “If given the opportunity to purchase timber to keep the mill running, we would have done that.”