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ging operations are now near a second divide at the east end 

 about 50 miles from the mill. 



The area now under exploitation, or the "front," is sit- 

 uated on the main slope which is cut up by many small 

 "branches" forming secondary ridges with very gentle slopes 

 causing a breaking up of the general slope type into small 

 patches of the three main types. Longleaf Pine on the tops 

 of the ridges occurs in areas of several sections extent, the 

 pure open stands ranging from 5,000 to 25,000 feet B. M., 

 with an average volume of about 11,000 feet B. M. to the 

 acre. On the slopes Loblolly and Shortleaf Pines occur 

 and occupy an area about equal to that of the Longleaf 

 Pine. This type, averaging about 5,000 feet B. M. to the 

 acre, is scattered and has a dense undergrowth of scrubby 

 oaks, dogwood, and hawthorn. The pines are all straight 

 clean-boled trees, while the hardwoods are scrubby and 

 gnarly due to fire and cattle injury. The Longleaf Pine 

 varies from 2 to 3 feet in diameter and is about 100 feet in 

 height; the Shortleaf Pine from 1 to 2 feet in diameter and 

 about 80 feet in height; and the'Lobolly Pine from 2^ to 

 3y 2 feet in diameter and a little less than 100 feet in height. 

 There is no pine reproduction. 



On the ridges the forest floor is bare of vegetation, 

 while on the slopes the underbrush is so dense that it mate- 

 rially increases the cost of logging. 



The camp is located on the main line of the railroad 

 where considerable attention is paid to proper drainage and 

 a good water supply sufficient for camp use and for the 

 locomotives. It consists of about 175 portable houses, 10 

 boarding cars and 4 commissary cars remaining on wheels, 

 a pump house, and an engine shed. Xhe boarding and com- 

 missary cars are set on railroad spurs. The houses, on skids 

 about two feet above ground, are set on both sides of rail- 

 road spurs. The camp is divided into three parts called 

 "quarters," one for the whites, one for Mexicans, and one 

 for Negroes. The white "quarter," consisting of about 75 

 houses and 6 boarding cars, is located near the commissary 

 and office; the Negro "quarter," consisting of about 50 houses 

 and 4 boarding cars is located on a spur about % of a mile 

 from the white "quarter;" and the Mexican "quarter," con- 

 sisting of about 25 houses, is on the main line of the rail- 

 road about ^s of a mile from the Negro "quarter." 



