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Feet. 



Hunt's Run 50,000,000 



First forks of the Sinnimahoning and branches 30,000,000 



Anderson's Creek and branches 150,000,000 



Susquehanna River and small branches 300,000,000 



Clearfield Creek and branches 100,000,000 



Moshannon Creek and branches 100,000,000 



Driftwood and branches of Sinnimahoning 50,000,000 



Musquito Creek, below Clearfield 225,000,000 



Wickolf Run 60,000,000 



Baker and other runs 75,000,000 



Beech Creek, &c 50,000,000 



Other small streams 515,000,000 



Total on all streams east of the Alleghanles 2, 300, 000, 000 



Total on all streams west of the Alleghanles 1,000, 000,000 



Total white pine 3, 300, 000, 000 



Hemlock in Pennsylvania 7,000,000,000 



Hard-woods fit for saw-logs 4, 000, 000,000 



Statements have been published, numerously signed by owners of 

 timber lands and operators in lumber, to the effect that the amount of 

 pine on the Susquehanna and its tributaries does not exceed 2,500,000,000 

 feet. The reader must form his own judgment upon the reliability of 

 these statements by interested parties. 



VIRGINIA. 



A recent survey of this State and its resources^ divides the State into 

 six natural regions, each of them being well defined by topographical 

 features, and to a considerable extent by similarity of geological forma- 

 tions, soil, surface, natural timber products, and capacity for agricul- 

 tural productions. Their leading characteristics are as follows: 



1. Tide-water Virginia is the eastern and southeastern part, bor- 

 dering 107 miles on North Carolina and 120 miles on the Atlantic, and 

 by an irregular line of 150 miles along the west on the Middle Country. 

 It is in an irregular quadrilateral, averaging 114 miles in length from 

 north to south, and 90 in width from east to west, with an area esti- 

 mated at 11,350 square miles, including 2,500 miles of valuable tidal 

 waters. It is everywhere penetrated by bays and tidal waters, with 1,500 

 miles of shore-line, and the waters that flow through this region drain 

 some 50,000 square miles. It is divided into nine j)rincipal peninsulas 

 and many smaller ones. 



2. The Middle Country, extending from the head of tide to the foot 

 of the low broken ranges that, under the names of Kittootin, Bull Run, 

 Yew, Clark's, South West, Carter's, Green, Eindlay's, Buffalo, Cha,pd- 

 ler's, Smith's, &c., mountains and hills, cross the State from the Potomac, 

 near the northeast corner of Fairfax County, south westward to North Car- 

 olina. They may be called the "Atlantic Coast Eange." The base of this 

 triangular area is 120 miles on the line of North Carolina, 174 on its east- 

 ern side, and 216 on its western, with an area of about 12,470 square miles. 

 It is a great moderately undulating plain, from 150 to 200 feet above 

 tide at the eastern margin, and 300 to 500 along the northwestern. Its 

 forests have much of the evergreen species. 



3. Piedmont Virginia is a long narrow belt, 244 miles long, stretch- 

 ing across the eastern base of the Blue Ridge from Maryland to the Dan, 



1 Virginia ; a Geographical and Political Summary, embracing a description of the State, 

 its geology, soils, minerals, and climate ; its animal and vegetahle productions ; manufactur- 

 ing and commercial facilities ; religious and educational advantages; internal improvements 

 and form of government. Prepared and published under the supervision of the Board of 

 Immigration, and by authority of law, 1876, pp. 320. This work was chiefly prepared 

 by Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss, of Stauntou, Va. 



