MICHIGAN ROADS AND FORESTS 11 



UTILIZATION OF CALIFORNIA EUCA- up with the idea of furnishing not only fuel, patent testing device had been available sev- 



LYPTS. but also telegraph po!es, piling, and lumber eral thousand dollars in the operating expenses 



A great deal of attention has recently been large enough to make vehicle and carriage would have been saved, as the drillers wo Id 



focused on the planting and growing of euca- stock and furniture material. have been able to work more successfnllv 



lypts in California. Many companies have About 75 species of eucalypts have been they knew the exact dips and ancle f th 



been organized, much capital has been invest- grown in California. The blue gum (Euca- boring as the work progressed So * t 



ed. and the large acreage already planted is lyptus globulus) was the first species intro- holes were put down on the lands 



being rapidly increased. The Forest Service duced into the state, and has been much more his associates own or have under t 



has sought to aid eucalyptus growers by pub- extensively planted than the others. Probably district west of the American mine Th "hi 



lishing such information concerning the tree 90 per cent of the eucalyptus in California at lowest of thee were sunk to 



and its uses as it could secure after careful the present time is blue gum. Of the many feet, and the rnnH , ' 



study. other species introduced, red gum (E. ros- down 2,600 feet Ae other, wPr K^ P ^ 



Information presented for this purpose has trata), sugar gum (E. corynocalyx), gray gum at various depths from 1 200 to 5> ftftn ( 



at times been misused. Short passages have (E. tereticornis), and manna gum (E. vimin- . ' '"" 



been quoted in such a way as to- convey a mis- alis) make up by far the greater part. These 



leading impression and sometimes even to give give indications of being well adapted to Latest Applications for 



falsify the original meaning. Extravagant California conditions, although, of course, oth- _ 



estimates of the probable returns from planted ers may be found which will give just as sat- Mate Reward Roads 



eucalyptus have been widely circulated, and isfactory results. 



there is reason to fear that many persons have FEBRUARY 1Q11 



formed an altogether false idea of the merits WILL PATENT DEVICE. No. 1124-Sparta township Kent countv i 022 



of eucalyptus growing as a field for invest- George J. Maas, who some tme ago applied miles, gravel, reward $511 



ment. and have supposed that this false idea for a patent on his new diamond drill hole -\"o. 1125 Sparta township Kent countv sin 



was justified by statements and figures of the testing device, expects to secure the patent ttu ^ class B, reward $255. 



Forest Service. within a few days. He has had two of the x 1:26 Sparta township, Kent countv 110 



The truth is that there are yet too many devices manufactured. One of them has been mi 'e. class B, reward $255 



elements of uncertainty involved to permit a successfully used by the Cleveland-Cliffs Iron x " 1127 Bowne township Kent countv 1 



close calculation of money returns to be made. Company in some of the holes it has bored mile - class B, reward $500 



There is, however, every reason to believe on the Marquette range. Xo - 1128 Newark township Gratiot cnnntv 



that under proper condition eucalyptus grow- Mr. Maas' device is simple, but it does the 1 - 004 mile, class B, reward $502 



ing will be profitable. In eucalyptus growing, WOT ^ more thoroughly and more satisfactor- Xo 1129 Cleon township Manistee countv 



as in any other class of commercial opera- ;i y than any other method ever employed in 2 miles, class B, reward $1000 



tions. the investor needs to know not only testing drill holes. A few years ago a Bel- x - H30 Marilla township, Manistee coimtv 



whether the enterprise into which he thinks g j an secured a patent on a device intended :>;! - mile, class B, reward $266 



of putting his money is financially sound, but f or the same purpose, but it is a complicated Xo - .1131 Cleon township, Manistee countv 



also how large a return is probable. It is the affair and can be operated only by an expert. - 733 mlle , class B, reward $367 



aim of the Forest Service to aid those who Mr Maas ' device can be handled by any dia- N "- 1133 Sherman township, Isabella countv 



wish to know as nearly as possible what can mond drill operator. The Belgian device con- 1 le . class B, reward $500. 



be counted on by finding out and making tains clock work) electric lights, a photogra- No - H33 Sherman township, Isabella countv 



known both what the tree wi 1 yield m wood phic device and other complicated attachments, 1 mlle ' class B, reward $500. 



and what uses the product will be suitable for. and it requires much longer to test a hole No lm - Bloomingdale township, Van Buren 



One ot the element* of uncertainty is the with the apparatus than it does with the Maas cou T nt >'> - 416 mile, class B, reward $208 



value 01 the wood for high-grade purposes. device A hole of a 000 feet in d th can be No. 1135-Bloomingdale township, Van Buren 



The problem of utilizing eucalyptus wood {ested with the latter in about two hours . county, .586 mile, class B, reward $293. 



lily and without undue waste is a difficult M M ]ans t use hi d j in t d \o . 1136-Ravenna township, Muskegon coun- 



r , j t i -* J * - i'laaS Uldlia l\J UDC IH^ UtVlCC 111 LC3U11K - , w*i*i^ f J.AU; 



one because of its tendency to warp, shrink, h d ho f e bofed , ast nofth f ty 986 mile, class B, reward $493. 



and check in drying In wood from trees as America P n mi but the test will not be made 1137-Reynolds township, Montcalm 



the California growers generally u j He h . m k from county 1318 miles, class B, reward $659. 



count on cutting, this endency is much f rf h Q complete the task. The N "' "38-Green Lake township, Grand Tra- 



strongcr than in the wood from mature forest- h , . h d J d j N fc A verse county, 1.004 miles, class B, reward $502. 



the hope "of finding mea'ns^i ? Jnt^n"^' thj ^ *- ^ having been bottomed at 3,265 feet. In ! ' miYes Tla^ tOWnShip> Mason courlt y> 



laim-ng C '\hTlecL t ii e ca f r r pr 1 ope P rti r e P s o e f Lcl\yp- ' , k is thou f h t that *!; bottom . is a ' least l^'mfles^sT^ rSdltt 287 IaS n """"^ 



tus wood, so that its industrial usefulness may 80 feet " 1 P lumb ** the point where it Xo . mi-Amber townshin "- 



^ rW th- jr^- . was started. The contractors and the mem- , lowns . n iP' 



be determined, the Forest Service has recently J ' 1.212 miles, class 



carried out, in co-operation with the Univer- , bers ?' '^V/^/'? everything possible to x U-Amber township' Ma 



Sity of California, a series of tests of several !<? u s + tra ' gh , t ' f and they succeeded in sinking 1 136 mi , , Der ^^fft, 1 count y- 



of the more common California species. It 't almost absolutely perpendicular for the first N 1143-Pere Marquette townshio Ma,on 



has also under way a number of seasoning L 600 feet ' The " hard S P^ ln ' h f. formation count g68 ckssE reward $?68' 



and durability experiments. This circular w " e encountered. Mr Maas believes from No." 1144-Morton \owAship Mecosta countv 



gives in condensed from the results of the what he could learn of the borings that at 246 mile> dass E reward $1 J>3 



mechanical tests and the status of the other tw , or three different points the hole drifted X( , 1145 Morton township ' Mecosta county 



unfinished experiments, together with some ff ,. on an angle of from 40 to 60 degrees. He . 984 mi , class B reward $^92 lty ' 



information in regard to the uses of eucalyp- be leves the hole covered a large area and it No . 1146 _p ere Marquette township Mason 



tus wood in California and Australia. wl11 b . e interesting to learn in just what direc- countv> 1-048 mile da ^ B Tewaid $ ^ 24 iv ' 



On the Pacific coast a natural hardwood tlon ' trave1 ^. It . has "'; b . een determined Xo n 4S _Hebron township, Cheboygan coun- 



supply is wanting. Oak and other hardwood exactly what direction the bottom of the hole tv- a 666 miles> class B reward $ 833 



lumber shipped in from the Eastern States ls from th e point where the drill was stationed, ' No 1147 Sherman township/Mason county 



command such high prices as to make their but the tests will indicate this. .478 m ji e> c ] ass B( reward $289 



use impracticable for most purposes. There In putting down the deep hole, Cole & Me- X o. 1149 Beaugrand township Cheboygan 



is need of some hardwood that will grow rap- Donald frequently changed rods, bits and oth- county, 1.932 miles, class B, reward $966 



idly and produce good lumber. Of the woods er material in order to avoid the possibility Xo. 1150 Benton township Cheboygan coun- 



so far tried, the eucalyptus appears most like- of breakage in the boring. A larger number t y, 1.287 miles, class E, reward $1,287. 



ly to fill this need. True, they will not en- of blank bits were used than in any other Xo. 1151 Inverness township, Cheboygan 



dure extreme cold, but experience indicates hole ever bored, the total being 639. Four county, .632 mile, class E, reward $632. 



that in considerable portions of California se ts of five-eighths-inch wire rope were used Xo. 1152 Onekama township, Manistee coun- 



and more restricted districts of New Mexico up and twenty-five core drills, five core barrels ty, 1.8 miles, class B, reward $900. 



and Arizona conditions are well adapted to and seven core lifters were used. Two large " \ . 1153 Coe township, Isabella county, 1.004 



growing them. B drums were broken by the heavy strain up- miles, class B, reward $502. 



The eucalyptus is a native of Australia and on them in hoisting the rods. No. 1154 Benton township, Eaton county, 



the adjacent islands, where some 150 varieties Mr. Maas is satisfied that the record made 1.004 miles, class B, reward $502. 



are found. It was introduced in California in this hole will probably not be duplicated No. 1155 Crystal Falls township, Iron coun- 



in 1856. when it was planted around San Fran- anywhere in the country for some years, ty, .384 mile, class B, reward $192. 



cisco Bay for ornamental purposes. During though the larger drills manufactured are ca- No. 1156 Ingallston township, Menominee 



the next few years it was planted in the Santa pable of putting down holes 5,000 feet in county, 7.34 miles, class B, reward $3,670. 



Clara Valley for wind-breaks. Since 1865 the depth. The largest previous hole drilled in No. 1157 Cherry Grove township, Wexford 



eucalypts have been extensively planted in North America was put down in Arizona about county, 1.96 mile, class C, reward $1,470. 

 California, mainly for wind-break purposes a year before the completion of the hole west 



around orchards and vineyards, and also for of the American mine. George William, a wen known lumberman 



The extensive planting operations 01 The drilling of the deep hole was an ex- anil for many years a resident of Delta coun- 



the past four or five years have been taken pen^'ve job. Mr. Maas believes that if his ty, is dead at Escanaba. 



