WATAUGA RIVER BASIN. 98 



-1^6*^7. Derived from gneiss, porous and light colored; of medium fertility. 



Agricultural value. Very little. The slopes are too steep and rocky and too 

 liable to erosion. 



Timber trees. White oak, 20 per cent; chestnut oak, 5 per cent; scarlet oak, 

 3 per cent; black oak, 5 per cent; red oak, 1 per cent; chestnut, 18 per cent; 

 black gum, 2 per cent; hickory, 2 per cent; maple, 3 per cent; hemlock, 5 per 

 cent; white pine, 5 per cent; black pine, 5 per cent; scrub pine, 2 per cent; 

 other species, 24 per cent. 



J^VM. Log timber, 10,000 M feet B. M.; small wood, 100,400 cords. 



Dema7id. The best log timber brings $2 per thousand feet on the stump 

 and |8 per thousand feet at the mill. 



Accessibility. Wagon roads and a railroad reach this tract from Johnson 

 City, 4 miles distant. 



Fi're. Fires are usual each winter or spring. The south slopes have been 

 seriously injured. 



Second growth. Abundant saplings are found on north slopes, but on south 

 slopes the stand of young timber of valuable species is deficient, owing to fire 

 and grazing. 



Undergrowth. Dense laurel thickets line the ravines and coves on the north 

 slopes, but the ridges and southern slopes have only sprouts and light under- 

 brush. 



Reproduction. Sprouts and seedlings spring up quickly on north slopes 

 after cutting and burning, but on south slopes are usually soon killed by fire. 



Rate of growth. Rapid, except on the driest portions. 



Water power. Limited; only enough for small grist and saw mills. 



Occupancy. Four families are living about the foot of this mountain. 



Prices of land. From $4 to $10 per acre, according to timber. 



LITTLE AND STONE MOUNTAIN DISTRICTS (CARTER AND UNICOI COUNTIES, TENN.). 



Boundaries. On the northwest, the foot of Little Mountain; on the north, 

 the wagon road separating this tract from Gap Creek Mountain; on the east, the 

 summit of Stone Mountain; on the south and west, the Wautauga-Nolichucky 

 divide. 



Area. Total, 10.50 square miles; cleared, 0.75 square mile; wooded, 9.25 

 square miles. 



Surface. Mountainous. 



Soil. A light porous loam, derived from gneiss. 



Agricultural value. Very little; too steep and rocky and liable to wash. 



Timber trees. White oak, 18 per cent; red oak, 3 per cent; chestnut oak, 4 



