. Forestry and wood industries . r sash saw mills are still operated irregularly. In the summer of 1870 the first steam saw mill was broughtin. Since that time portable mills have been operated in al-most every section. Not more than half a dozen of these arerunning now. In 1881 the first stave factory came into the county, oper-ating first at Sisterville, later at Middlebourne and other the coming of the stave mills much timber was shippedout for staves, principally to Pittsburg, some of it hauled inwagons for part of the distance, some fioated, and some takenin barges. No band
. Forestry and wood industries . r sash saw mills are still operated irregularly. In the summer of 1870 the first steam saw mill was broughtin. Since that time portable mills have been operated in al-most every section. Not more than half a dozen of these arerunning now. In 1881 the first stave factory came into the county, oper-ating first at Sisterville, later at Middlebourne and other the coming of the stave mills much timber was shippedout for staves, principally to Pittsburg, some of it hauled inwagons for part of the distance, some fioated, and some takenin barges. No band mills, or any large stationary mills, have ever beenoperated in the county. The thousands of oil well derricks erected in the area havedrawn heavily upon the timber supply. The Present Forest Conditions. There are a few small virgin timber tracts lying on MiddleIsland creek, McElroy creek and Indian creek, aggregating1,200 acres. All the remaining woodland is owned in smallboundaries by farmers. Many of the woodlots contain good. ! < WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 293 second-growth hardwoods. Where the yellow and white pineonce grew there are now only scattered trees of these species. Great changes have taken place in the forests of the countywithin the last 20 years. In 1893 Geo. W. Summers, author of*The Mountain State wrote of the timber in Tyler county asfollows: Oak, poplar, hickory, chestnut, ash and walnut are theprincipal woods, though there is very little of the latter leftnow. The lands along the streams have all been pretty wellcleared, but on the lands back from them and on the hills littlehas been cut. A little further on, however, this author adds:*Saw mills, stave mills and other wood working industries arenumerous in the county and the forests are rapidly disappear-ing. UPSHUR COUNTY. Location and Area. Upshur county, formed from parts of Randolph, Barbourand Lewis in the year 1851, is located slightly northeast of thecenter of, the State. Its area is 326 s
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