NOLICHUCKY EIVER BASIN. 115 



Area. Total, 24 square miles; cleared, 4 square miles; wooded, 20 square 

 miles. 



Surface. Mountainous. 



Soil. On the ridges the soil is derived from gneiss and is light and dry; 

 in the vallej's it is derived from limestone and wash from the mountains and is 

 fertile red clay and alluvium. 



Ilumus and litter. Light; consumed by repeated fires. 



Agricidttiral value. Only the valley land is of value. About 3 square miles 

 are adapted to permanent agriculture. 



Tliiiher tree^. Black pine, 5 per cent; 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, 10 per cent; poplar, 1 per cent; black gum, 2 per cent; locust, 1 per 

 cent; hickory, 2 per cent; sugar maple, 1 per cent; post oak, 1 per cent; beech, 

 1 per cent; white pine, 5 per cent; liemlock, 5 per cent; scrub pine, 2 per cent; 

 black cherry, sourwood, white ash, persimmon, red cedar, walnut, red maple, 

 birch, linn, cucumber, and others, 30 per cent. 



Yield. \jo^ timber, 19,520 M feet B. M.; small wood, 209,280 cords. 



Demand. Eight dollars per thousand feet is paid for best logs at mill, and 

 $2 to $4 per thousand feet on the stump. 



Accessihility. The rolling lowlands and the steep mountain slopes render 

 access difficult. A railroad is in operation on two sides of the tract. 



Second groiuth. The stand of saplings is deficient, owing to prevalence of fire. 



Undergrowth. Light; too thoroughly burned and grazed. 



Reproduction. Naturally free, but kept down by fire and grazing. 



Rate of groioth. Rapid. 



Water power. Brooks of limited power are now used by saw and grist mills 

 in the valleys. 



Ownership. A portion of the area is divided into small tracts held by 

 residents. 



Occupancy. Only 3 or 4 families live on the tract. 



Prices of land. Mountain lands are worth from $2 to $4 per acre; farm 

 lands, from $10 to $30 per acre. 



LIMESTONE COVE DISTRICT (UNICOI COUNTY, TENN.). 



Boundaries. On the north, the South and Western Railway; on the east, 

 the Watauga-Nolichucky divide; on the south, the State line; and on the west, 

 the divide west of Limestone Cove. 



Area. Total, 36 square miles; cleared, 6.5 square miles; wooded, 29.5 square 

 miles. 



