148 



CONDITIONS BY COUNTIES. 



hickories and black walnuts with a diameter over 10 inches, and 

 all others over 18 inches were counted.* 



mite oak 132 



Chestnut oak 889 



Hickory 86 



Chestnut 1513 



"White maple 3258 



Sugar maple 7291 



Locust 4 



Beech 1965 



Birches 1120 



Gum 104 



Cherry 349 



White walnut 1 



Poplar 529 



Linden 1014 



Cucumber 937 



Ash 576 



Hemlock 2303 



Yew pine (Spruce) 34 



Total 22264 



The Lumber Industry. 



I\Iost of the limestone area, where the best hardwoods grew, 

 was settled and the timber destroyed in the process of clearing 

 the land for cultivation before it could be sold for profit and in 

 a dsLj when timber was considered inexhaustible and of little 

 value. A little of it was utilized for building and fencing pur- 

 poses and for fuel. 



Small water-power saw mills were located here and there in 

 an early day. After these came the portable steam saw mills. 

 The latter were not common until the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail- 

 road was extended westward from White Sulphur Springs about 

 the year 1873. After that time many of these mills were located 

 near the line. The principal shipping points for lumber were 



♦"Resources of West Virginia" — Maury and Fontaine. 



