WEST VIRGINIxi GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



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Springs Lumber company located some distance south of Union, 

 in Monroe county. 



A. Knabb and Company and others have carried on an ex- 

 tensive stave industry in several sections. 



The Present Forest Conditions. 



An area of nearly 30,000 acres of virgin forest still remains 

 in the county. This includes a long, narrow belt of about 10,000 

 acres lying on the summit of Peters mountain; a large tract in 

 the portion of the county east of Peters mountain, and several 

 smaller areas scattered throughout other mountainous sections. 

 The 14,600 acres of cut-over forests lie for the most part on the 

 ridges west of Peters mountain. The character of the timbers 

 growing in the different situations has been mentioned under 

 another head, as has also the stand of trees remaining on some 

 of the woodlots of the interior. 



Mr. John L. Rowan and Prof. A, S. Johnston, of Union, 

 Monroe county, approximate the area of cleared land at 35 per 

 cent and state that the farmers' woodlots, particularly those 

 in the limestone belt, are in a flourishing condition, having a 

 stand of 3,000 to 4,000 feet of good hardwoods. Mr. W. A. 

 Pedigo, formerly of the Crimson Springs Lumber Company, 

 has recently estimated the present stand of timber in the county 

 at 300 million feet. 



Not far from 20 per cent of the land in Monroe county is 

 absolutely unfit for cultivation. These non-agricultural areas 

 are largely overgrown with undesirable species of trees and 

 shrubs. The occupation of this land by locusts and other valua- 

 ble and fast-growing species should be encouraged in every 

 possible way. 



MORGAN COUNTY. 



Location and Area. 



Morgan county was formed in 1820 from parts of Berkeley 

 and Hampshire. It is located in the Eastern Panhandle and 

 has an area of 235 square miles or 150,4£)0 acres. 



