Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-12-16
Timber IN Tennessee.


The Lumberman.
The Lumberman receives many
letters from northern parties as 10
the kinds and the best locations of
hardwoods in Tennessee, all of
which we have answered by letter
as best we could. The only sure
way to secure a good situation for
the successful operation of a saw
mill is by personal examination,
but we give the following facts,
which may be of value TO those con-
templating working the lumber in
our State:
Walnut is found in every county
in the State, dispersed among other
hardwoods, but in no place is it
found in large quantities. Much
of the best walnut has been cut,
and large portion now standing
is in the hands of speculators or
minor heirs, and, therefore, new
corners will not find walnut in suffl-
cient quantities to make it an item
of interest. There will be fine wal
nut lumber shipped from this State
for many years, but not in so large
quantities as heretofore. Cherry is
not so abundant, but that found on
the mountain sides grades well and
can be bought low. Many portions
of the Cumberland mountain and
its neighboring ranges are well tim
bered with primitive growth of
cherry. The adventurer and specu-
lator has not seen his millions in
cherry, and it stands untouched,
except by the mill mans modest
cut. Ash is of two kinds-white
and blue-~and the latter is quite
beautiful. The blue ash is coarser
in grain, but sells on the market for
about the same as white, and is in
much demand. Oak is plentiful
and of many species, but the white,
red and post oak predominant. Our
white oak is of fine grain, tough,
and as good as any in this country.
The red oak has not yet been cut,
only in the last year, and that only
in small way for inside finishing.
Tennessee post oak is, in our opin-
ion, the best known wood for fenc-
ing post, except red cedar, and in
swampy lands will last equally as
long as cedar. Poplar-white, blue
and yellow-constitute large per
cent. of our forest, and the yellow
is soft and equals the best grade of
Indiana poplar. Butternut, beech,
elm, cypress, coffee-tree, hickory,
persimmon and cycamore
are found all over the State.
The western portion of this State
is heavily timbered with oak, ash,
poplar and hickory. Land can be
bought in the following counties at
81 per acre, and that, too, from
which no poplar or OAK has been
cut: Dyer, Obion, Lake, Lauder
dale and Crockett. Transportation |
can be had by rail or river. Land
in some portions of the above coun-
ties is held at $15 per acre, but it is |
safe to say that the land can be sold |
for cost, or more, after the timber Is
cut off.
East Tennessee is well timbered
with great variety of woods, but
it is mountainous, and the cost of
logging would be considerably in
creased. Mr.. Dawson, a practical
lumberman, in recent letter to us,
states that there is two-and-a-half
dollars worth of standing
cherry in Monroe county. The
range of the Unaka and Smoky |
are timbered with a
primitive growth of cherry, oak,
ash, hickory, poplar and other
hard woods and ranges in price
from so cents to 50 per acre. The
following rivers running through
this section can be used for logging
streams : Dellico, Little Tennes-
see, Hiwassee, Broad and Nolle-
chukcy. h. sv
There are seventy creeks and fif-
ty-one rivers in this State that are
good logging streams, with q suffi-
oiency of hard woods and mill-sites
10 make them desirable. The best
streams are the Tennessee, Cumber-
and, Stone, Caney Fork, Duck,
Elk, Obcd, Tellico, Forked Deer
ind Wolf. 9'.a' AlLl=yH ss.H i
Duck river has only four saw
mills on its banks, and is we'll tim
Dered with the best growth of yell
ow poplar. Cheairs, Vaught &
Co., bankers at Columbia, erected
asst spring a mammoth saw-mill at
on Duck river, at a cost
If $1,000, which they now offer at
lalf price. This ia a rare opportu-
lity for some one to engage in the
aW-milI business. Logs can be
bought delivered at from "a to Sc
)er 1000 feet. There are many
places in Tennessee where mills are
leeded, and money can be made
unning them. The Lumberman
invites all parties visiting this sec
ion TO call on us, and we will ,
give any Information in
'ur possession. ia