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Table 3. — Classification and ownership of timher on Rio PueUo watei'slied 





Area 





United i Disputed 

 States strip 



Home- 

 steads 



Santa 



Barbara 



grant 



Total 



Productive timber area . . . - 



1 

 Acres Acres \ Acres 

 30,336 8,302 52 

 34,321 1 11,452 138 



Acres 

 14, 175 

 11, 609 



Acres 

 52, 865 



Nonproductive timber area i 



57,520 







Total 



64,657 1 19,754 



190 



25,784 



110, 385 







'Includes inaccessible, scattered and immature timber, woodland, aspen, grass, burn, burn restocking, 

 barren, and cultivated. Immature timber is that which can not be cut for at least 30 years, and hence is 

 not considered in planning cutting. operations during the first cutting cycle. 



Table 4. — Classification of productive timber area by types and ownership 



[For detailed classification see area tables in appendix] 





Area of timber owned 



Type 



United 

 States 



Disputed 

 strip 



Home- 

 steads 



Santa 



Barbara 



grant 



Total 



Pine.. 



Acres 

 7,426 

 8,214 



14, 696 



Acres 

 292 



Acres 

 52 



Acres 

 4,217 

 5,967 

 3,991 



Acres 

 11, 987 



Douglas fir 



3,708 

 4,302 





17, 889 



Spruce... 





22, 989 









Total. 



30, 336 



8,302 



52 



14, 175 



52, 865 







Table 5. — Summary of estimates as of December 31, 1923 

 [For detailed estimates see tables in appendix] 





United States land 



Alienated 





Type 



Cut 

 overi 



Virgin 



Total 



Cut 

 over 



Virgin, 

 acces- 

 sible 



Total 



Total 





Acces- 

 sible . 



Inacces- 

 sible 





Pine 



M board 

 feet 

 9,805 



M board 

 feet 

 11, 264 

 24, 903 



87, 869 



M board 



feet 

 9,100 

 4,671 



15, 500 



M board 



feet 



30, 169 



36, 160 



112, 336 



M board 

 feet 



7,949 

 11, 582 



6,999 



M board 



feet 



1,523 



13, 927 



31,021 



M board 



feet 



9,472 



25, 509 



38,020 



M board 

 feet 

 39,641 



Douglas fir 



Spruce. 



6,586 

 8,967 



61,669 

 150,356 



Total 



25, 358 



124,036 



29, 271 



178, g65 



26, 530 



46,471 



73,001 251.666 









1 The estimates given for cut-over lands show the volume left immediately after logging. No allowance 

 for increment has been made. 



Board feet 



Totalaccessible virgin timber... 170,507,000 



Total accessible cut-over timber -. 51,888,000 



Total accessible timber 222,395,000 



(f) Status. — The Santa Barbara grant, owned by the Santa Fe Railroad 

 tbrough a subsidiary corporation, comprises a total area of 31,084 acres. Of 

 this, 5,300 acres were set aside by decree No. 960, Taos County, for settlement. 

 The balance, 25,784 acres (23.3 per cent of the gross area of the worliing 

 circle) is not suited for agricultural development and will always be forest 

 land. With the exception of a few isolated spruce stands the grant has been 

 cut over by the Santa Barbara Tie & Pole Co. 



