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tion. Many of these are still sawing. No stationary mills with 

 great capacity have operated in the county. 



The Present Forest Conditions. 



The largest tract of virgin timber in the county lies on the 

 head waters of Mud river along the Boone county line. A few 

 miles farther north on the waters of Coal river there is another 

 tract of smaller size. The 2 tracts, containing about 7,000 

 acres, comprise the virgin area in this county. The cut-over 

 forests occupy an area of about 52,000 acres in the southern, 

 south-central and eastern parts of the county. The best timber 

 has been taken from the farmers' wood-lots but there is still 

 left a good stand of small oaks, beeches, maples, birches, etc. 



About 15 per cent of the county is unfit for agriculture. 

 In recent years^ however, a large number of acres of the rougher 

 upland has been cleared for grazing purposes and for tobacco 

 growing. 



LOGAN COUNTY. 



Location and Area. 



Logan county, formed in 1824 from parts of Giles, Tazewell, 

 Cabell and Kanawha, is situated in the southwestern part of the 

 state. Its area is 494 square miles or 316,160 acres. 



Topography. 



The surface of the county presents many irregularities. 

 Sharp ridges which extend in all directions alternate with the 

 narrow A^allej^s of numerous streams. The greatest elevations, 

 ranging from 2,500 to 2,700 feet, are to be found near the eastern 

 edge of the county where the boundary line crosses the southern 

 end of Huff mountain, and farther north on the ridges which 

 surround the Buffalo creek basin. Both the northern and south- 

 ern boundary lines follow dividing ridges for long distances, and 

 the hilly surface slopes downward to the Guyandot valley in the 



