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CONDITIONS BY COUNTIES. 



acre tract on the waters of Big Coal river stands, approximately, 

 as follows: 



Yellow Poplar 60 per cent. 



White Oak 10 per cent. 



Ked Oak \ 



Black Oak I . .10 per cent 



Chestnut Oak j 



Chestnut 



Maples 



White Ash 



Beech 



Hemlock 20 per cent. 



Birch 



Sweet Buckeye 



Hickory and 



others 



The percentages of species on an 18,000 acre tract on waters 

 of Guyandot river are as follows: 



Yellow Poplar 35 per cent. 



White Oak 20 per cent. 



Bed Oak | 



Black Oak !^ 15 per cent. 



Chestnut Oak [ 



Hemlock 10 per cent. 



Chestnut 



Beech 



Hickory 



Maples 



Sweet Buckeye 



Basswood 



Cucumber, and 



others 



The Early Lumber Industry. 



Little can be said concerning the early cutting of lumber 

 in Raleigh county. The first lumber, sawed by hand and on 3 

 or 4 rude water saw mills, was used by the comparatively few 



20 per cent. 



