 ... walnut logs were hauled long distances to railroads, and poplar and cucumber logs were floated in great numbers down the streams to Catlettsburg, Kentucky. Almost all of the original yellow poplar has been cut for this purpose. Some white oak logs...  The Forests of Buchanan County, Virginiaby Walter Groff Schwab - 1918 - 20 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Virginia. Division of Mineral Resources - Geology - 1918 - 688 pages
...been cut for this purpose. Some white oak logs were also floated with the poplar by means of rafts. (14) The present methods of lumbering. — Lumbering...cut. — There are at present 24 mills of various sizes (not including those doing only custom sawing) cutting timber from the county. The present annual... | |
 | Geology - 1918 - 326 pages
...been cut for this purpose. Some white oak logs were also floated with the poplar by means of rafts. (14) The present methods of lumbering. — Lumbering...cut. — There are at present 24 mills of various sizes (not including those doing only custom sawing) cutting timber from the county. The present annual... | |
 | Virginia. Department of Agriculture and Immigration - Virginia - 1923 - 300 pages
...Lumbering is conducted at present chiefly by large mills and logging railroads, each operation being confined to one watershed and the operators endeavoring to purchase all the timber on that watershed. There are lumber mills at Hurley, Blackey, Kelsa, and Whitewood, and they are centers for the lumbering... | |
 | Forests and forestry - 1918 - 46 pages
...been cut for this purpose. Some white oak logs were also floated with the poplar by means of rafts. (14) The present methods of lumbering. — Lumbering...cut. — There are at present 24 mills of various sizes (not including those doing only custom sawing) cutting timber from the county. The present annual... | |
| |
