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shape centering on Jim pond. At the same time another 

 fire burnt across the middle part of Coplin and up through 

 the east part of Lang. The third Avas further down the Dead 

 river, to the north of it, on both sides of Enchanted stream. 

 Thus nearly or (piite 100,000 acres were burnt over on the 

 Dead river in this one 3^ear. 



Eustis, Lang and Coplin have been the scene of frequent 

 smaller fires, while other townships have suffered more or less 

 severely. The effect of these fires on future spruce supply 

 is not more exercised through the timber they burnt up, than 

 through their depressing effect on the growing power of the 

 country. 



From Flao-staff villaire, Mt. Bigelow lies three ^nubeiou 



~ <-- ' ~ 3it. Dige- 



m lies to the south, rising to a height of 3,800 feet '"^^' 

 above the sea and stretching out about twelve miles of length 

 in an east and west direction. The timber on Bigelow is 

 called better than most mountain spruce, and from what was 

 seen in the day spent on the mountain, that certainly seemed 

 to be the case. The north slope of the mountain was once a 

 great timber country, and in places the original stand still 

 remains. The lower and easier slopes like those of all moun- 



HALF ACRE ON MT. BIGELOW, SOMERSET COUNTV, MAINE. 

 On Slope 2.5° to North, Exposed, Very Little Soil, 2,800 Feet above Sea. 



I 



O 



Spruce. 



'At 





Other Species. 



3 » 



D.S 



^'2 



I i> 



*Over 18 



* 14-18 



tl2-14 Inclusive 

 lOand 11 



6-10 



3-6 



Under 3 



Total 



About 70 

 .55-70 

 .50-fJ5 

 40-55 



10-12 



6-10 



3-6 



Under 3.. 



Total. 



40 



270 



150 



10 



470 



Many small spruce and flrunscored. 

 Several Tnountaln ash. 



* Five dead in these classes. Few birchc^s over forty feet high. 

 t Two of these trees worthless. Several of larger ones seamed. 

 Estimated scale of stand cut for saw logs (8 inches at 24 feet) and scaled as 

 usual here about 3,.500 feet. 



