. Forestry and wood industries . (Acre^) Per Cent Cleared lyand Clearedl,and (Acres) 134,912 16,672 68,028 139,350 9,312 66,816 82,184 96,812 88,064 178,600 102,540 110,440 157,584 248,392 8,256 201,612 53,271 75,246 27,264 300,8561 105,984 82,120 89,544 2,798 30,282 60,530 57,507 158,092 120,488 36,024 74,829 163,372 50,200 44,356 7,104 222,084 27,264 87,566 169,664 109,196 74,540 196,864 131,855 88,552 141,488 33,792 52,160 48,743 85,720 55,920 65,960 77,480 38,333 90,392 40,000 5,087,013 40851550856050156015502540358530807580306050103857080354010603050359020702040501515507035601570506015607
. Forestry and wood industries . (Acre^) Per Cent Cleared lyand Clearedl,and (Acres) 134,912 16,672 68,028 139,350 9,312 66,816 82,184 96,812 88,064 178,600 102,540 110,440 157,584 248,392 8,256 201,612 53,271 75,246 27,264 300,8561 105,984 82,120 89,544 2,798 30,282 60,530 57,507 158,092 120,488 36,024 74,829 163,372 50,200 44,356 7,104 222,084 27,264 87,566 169,664 109,196 74,540 196,864 131,855 88,552 141,488 33,792 52,160 48,743 85,720 55,920 65,960 77,480 38,333 90,392 40,000 5,087,013 4085155085605015601550254035853080758030605010385708035401060305035902070204050151550703560157050601560706018 100,608 139,808 49,152 173,120 52,768 100,224 89,664 33,408 132,096 74,400 117,440 78,280 269,056 148,288 46,784 114,048 213,084 225,739 109,056 167,424 158,976 141,120 31,616 13,922 171,599 141,236 230,026 97,888 84,992 27,136 140,744 89,088 75,200 154,784 63,936 90,496 63,616 109,824 171,776 113,696 53,760 104,256 146,240 217,818 82,432 50,688 42,240 116,534 104,320 209,280 56,640 138,420 103,443 137,088 60,000 6;2287277. WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 101 Estimates furnished by the owners of timberland show thatthere are approximately 190,000 acres of virgin forest contain-ing from 20 to 90 per cent of spruce in Randolph, Pocahontas,Webster, Pendleton, Greenbrier, and Tucker counties, with afew outlying patches in Grant and Preston counties. The quan-tity of standing timber in the virgin spruce belt is estimated at1^ billion feet of spruce, 1 billion feet of hemlock, and ^ bil-lion feet of hardwoods, the principal of which are beech, birchand maple. Small areas of virgin white pine are still to befound in Mercer, Raleigh, Greenbrier, and Pendleton forests of virgin hardwood contain not far from 12billion feet of timber. The chief hardwoods, named approxi-mately in the order of their abundance are as follows: White Oak 30 per cent. Other oaks—Chestnut Oak, Red Oak,Black Oak, Scarlet Oak, etc 15 per cent. Yellow Poplar 18 per cent. Chestnut 12 per cent.
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