THE SEABOARD REGION. 



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Oak river. The loblolly and cypress have been removed to a large 

 extent from the territory drained by AVhite Oak river. Lumber- 

 ing has only lately begun, however, in other parts of the county. 



Carteret county. — There is now found in Carteret county 

 scarcely any cypress suitable for mill purposes. The loblolly pine 

 area is about 30,000 acres, over one-half of which have been lum- 

 bered. In southern Carteret, near the coast, there are 20,000,000 

 feet of long-leaf pine, all consisting of timber standing in aban- 

 doned orchards. In the eastern section of the county there is an 

 open pocosin of 80,000 acres, bordered with oak flats, but farther 

 in only poorly timbered with savanna pine or in places entirely 

 023en. 



Craven county. — Although extensive lumbering has been car- 

 ried on in this county for over half a century it has large tracts of 

 second growth of loblolly forest which have never been cut into. 

 The long-leaf pine was first removed and was rapidl}^ replaced by 

 the loblolly pine, except on the high, sandy lands lying north of 

 the Neuse river. Most of the lumber now manufactured in the 

 county is from this latter pine, although for some mills the savanna 

 pine furnishes a great many logs. There are nearly 200,000 acres of 

 swamp in the county, the Dover swamp, lying in the south-western 

 section, having an area of over 120,000 acres. This swamp is 

 sandy, and in the interior is covered with an open growth of the 

 savanna pine and occasional cane brakes. It has been partially 

 lumbered. The other swamps are fringed with swamp chestnut, 

 oak or water oak flats, which have never been cut into. Besides 

 the sw^amp lands there is a great deal of loblolly pine land south 

 of the Neuse, which has been more or less cut over. North of the 

 Neuse the loblolly pine lands are in about the same condition as 

 on the southern side. There are in the county probably 38,000 

 acres of unlumbered loblolly pine land. The supply of cypress 

 and ash in the river swamps is nearly exhausted. Swift creek and 

 Trent river being now the principal sources of supply. 



Jones county lies between Craven and Onslow counties and is 

 penetrated by some of the largest swamps in this region. Dover 

 swamp lies in the northern part of Jones, and White Oak swamp 

 covers a large part of the territory south of the Trent, which flows 



