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Louis Carr, who operated first as Carr and McClure, later as 

 Carr and Nunan, and still later as Norwood Lumber Company, 

 cut timber from large tracts of land on Tug river and on Laurel 

 creek, a northern tributary of Elkhom. 



Dr. W. R. laeger, as laeger and Brothers, 1892, operated a 

 mill in Eoderfield at the mouth of Spice creek. Only the choicest 

 timber was taken by this company. That which remained was 

 afterward sawed by Suddeth and Bailey Lumber Company and 

 R. E. Wood Lumber Company. 



The timber on 6,000 acres near Roderfield belonging to the 

 ]\IcCormick estate was cut, principally, by R. E. Wood Lumber 

 Company and by R. W. Higby. 



The Longpole Lumber Company, Wyoming City, began in" 

 1901 and cut over a tract lying on Pourpole, Longpole and 

 Shortpole creeks. 



The Carretta Lumber Company cut the timber on Barrenshe 

 creek and Reedy Spring branch. 



John R. McKinsey has been th^ principal manufacturer of 

 staves. The stave industry in IMcDowell, however, has been of 

 minor importance. 



In addition to the larger lumber operations named above 

 numerous small mills have been located at various points through- 

 out the county. These have been prominent factors in the re- 

 duction of the original stand of timber. 



Water saw mills, which have flourished in their day in many 

 parts of the state, seem never to have found their way into Mc- 

 Dowell county. 



Present Forest Conditions. 



There are perhaps not over 15,000 acres of cleared land in 

 the county. Of this the native settlers, who occupy the narrow 

 valleys of creeks and rivers, own less than one half. The balance 

 is owned, principally, by coal companies. ]\Iore than 95 per cent 

 of the whole area must be classed as forest land. There yet re- 

 main about 15,000 acres of virgin timber land. This lies, prin- 

 cipally, in 2 bodies, one of about 3,000 acres on the northwestern 

 side of the Dry Fork of Tug and the other of about 12,000 acres 

 on the opposite side of Dry Fork along the southern edg*e of the 



