XXI 



a. 



WHITE RIVER. 



At this point there are nine steam and water mills,_manufacturing some 

 20,000,000 feet of lumber annually. 



The Harbor and Lake at the mouth of White River is considered a most 

 desirable and valuable point for lumbering. The river is some fifty miles 

 in. length, and the pine timber is situated all along its course, from the 

 head waters to the mouth. Some twenty-five or thirty miles up the stream 

 there is a rich farming region which is settled to considerable extent. 



The following groups comprise all the lands of the company on this 

 river : » 



No. of Group. 



483 



484 



485 



486.. 

 487.. 

 488.. 

 489.. 

 490.. 

 512.. 

 513.. 

 536.. 

 537.. 

 538.. 

 671.. 

 572.. 

 '615.. 

 616.. 

 617.. 



Acres. Valuation, 



280 $980 



160 480 



320 1,120 



400 , 



440 



480 



400 



635 64-100.... 



560 



1,360 



560 



120 



160 



200 



000 



56189-100.... 

 80 



80 ; 



1,200 



1,540 



1,440 



1,200 



1,900 



1,960 



6,120 



3,080 



660 



800 



600 



720 



1,400 



400 



320 



No. of Group. Aorea. 



618 800 



619 400 ...*... . 



620..'.... 760 



621 1,482 94-100. 



622 400 



633 800 



634 1,120 



635 1,182 26-100. 



640 



637:. 

 638.. 

 639.. 

 640.. 

 641.. 

 642.. 



640 

 560 

 480 

 520 

 480 

 320 



Yaluation. 



.. 3,040 



.. 1,200 



.. 1,900 



.. 5,900 



. . 800 



.. 800 



.. 1,120 



.. 2,360 



.. 1,280 



.. 1,280 



.. 1.120 



.. 960 



.. 1,040 



.. 960 

 640 



17*982.73 $50,320 



MUSKEGON RIVER. 



This is one of the most important lumbering streams of the State. The 

 river has its rise in Houghton Lake in the centre of the State, and running 

 in a South-westerly direction, empties into Lake Michigan some 15 miles 

 above the mouth of Grand River. It passes through some of the best 

 portions of the State, and embraces on its waters a large extent of 

 territory timbered with pine." The principal branches are the Little 

 Muskegon or North Branch, Tamarac Creek and Clam River. The large 

 body of Pine on the North Branch and Tamarac Creek is well situated, 

 and considerable lumbering has been done here during the past few years. 

 At the villages of Croton and Newaygo, the former situated at the mouth 

 of the North Branch, and the, latter on the Main river some eigbt miles 

 below, there are water mills. At Newaygo, the mill owned by the 

 Newaygo Company is one of the largest in the State. 



The main river has been cleared nearly as far up as Houghton Lake, 

 the stream is large and logs are run cheaply and safely from any point on 

 the river. 



