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The Wisconsin lumberman, devoted to the lumbering interests of the northwest
Vol. 1, No. 1 (April 1873)
Locals, pp. 8-14
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THE WISCONSIN LUMBERMAN. Nkill; an1d thli. evel, iDi cases wihlere it wa:s tikent k ~ii.gl- not I Wilf tlly. N ith-lit eolor I fla:i lt or right t; xcept whlere stilc t:iki gr wa-ii-compain;ltl by sp~geial eiremnli- Sta l. ('' :(> lot' Imi~live( 411 resu'tlt), whlichl v,-l ul~l jtilV e xs i-llplaY dllinilges. etc t.cltu Iil I abelow t itt average winitern w ork. Amount of Pinve Land.s In this V. S. Land Dixtrtct. 2. %V lier- log- :tr (ki.nvi .gTv and wvil- Fr ott AIj.lANs(N~j EATI.X. V ho for 12 fally elit l tby te I lil:.i trot tIallotilhltrs la .d[. years. was lleceivtr 4t the 1. S. La;td Office hlt vslie lt t stililpage wil! 1it ti ( "i. - it, thii District. u t have obtauined infor- nryii Ulii ;Istl It t 1(11 lo-t ry .a~t n Il to wIicli alt ughl neceess rily approx- hiatt lit cha rntt er i Il oase uponi v li al el l .J H R :e1 ; hli. ltig le va kiow.i ta- tVti p trl ' r ice. 'Itlle limtits of this Land lDis- Inieltitt4-al gttttU' it Stci II.' It a t lt tnri t arf--'T I wiv 1. itt State line; Range 2 \lik~~~~~~~~~~ 1IZ tol I~ I Ea; 1tkl y l1 ~ st inclusive. M}r. EATON estimalites9 Itrazigl t W toiter ilg irtn IaditI our .i " tilit there are 2,000,000 tieres of pine land pr 'Vi rk er- itt Ir 0ll atol . el d i tll ttwithin tli1 btouindarv. 7000 feet per acre kig do h.ifficulty in brazixil (-.st-liol i- time usnuia istititate. We have theretore Imt we (-itit astitre thei t liat Mr. IA (t* his 14,000000O0)0 fleet stutmllpage. The esti- a lmrws., wherlebylit- 'i-ti s ""' l t ';"m' itate seenis large, an tof course call never imujilt a tid eft( ti( e. 1( T i ji .trk P~l '" ttttt' lI, filiv litilized as some of thle pine is al- ftr us retleitrtl the c(stinig *ljst ;ts goi.l itlt, t inactttces.siblte. The usual stumpage in tf'iv a;ud it dttiti reqtire "tt : t* ttiii; - this pitnery rnges front $1,00 to$2,50 per tiomt t tIttect tile fitet thltt it 1i;dt ever 31., m-trtitig to loca.lity. FstimAted at hbttit lwrokt-nh. itveritge price oif 81,7.5 per M., and a birds- Mill owtners shlitilld make a note otf his ey( vi(w vonhl disctover a pleasutt pros. ability in the Inte ofhirazing castings. -pect of $21,5.00,000 in natural wealth. The ltoggitgt sstuoit tair this liot-litv end- (mt ttiitg 200,000,000 per year and 70 years wttiltd elapse erc the pine forests would be ed abo vut MaI r-ch 5tih. Ill hi*a(le nllt ion" thereforie. *ithosic teei. ig at lint iutalv Ilestroyed. Those fimtiliar with the rapid tgrowth t tf1pine will have reason to think long, setioti wi lie utitulflt. lit fact ta that tit) personi now living will witness the ing intO conisideramtion that se veral veeks . comiplete animihilation ot the pineries of ol the early pjrtiniti tf 0t lth logggDy seS;.itt were unimprovecd, owitig to the epizoostic, we are of the opition that less logs haveo Inap~rovefment of 84g Dlii Waile. been put in the past winter in this piinery that in the seasom of 41-72. Similar re- From the ('entrl Wiscoenin, Wausau, we ports reach its front th( (Chippeiwa. Black learn that sucli improvements have been aud St. Croix river pineries anul it is safe made at tie falls as to hereafter render to assert that the logging opperations of the transit of lumiber at that point corn- the Wisronsiti pineries have, during this paratively safe. Capt. B. F. COOPER of Z I I)
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