New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-14
TNDERGROUND FORESTS.

IUNnrRMEN WHO WORK WITH SlIONELS.
lrHou AN occApo>N couo,sro>nt>r ~ tur tmnrNr'l
WoopnlNr, y. j., Sept. =. \bout four miles
south ot this place. thr tipr My Peninsula lr' h'
strrgslns nud dn4y village ot pcuntNilo h'h' al It's
3.uOuIuhabi altsy' o. sm ~ cptif's nlmod hn'H ON
narrow rDll bttwr 10 iva tr"hi h"lmA lh''o
svanps cover an area than ten square miles, ana
though drsolitc waste a'paS Vtu'l'0' Tor HN
industrial purpose It was long 40 discovered 10 contain
the mean, 60 Nor able support for h" VILLAGE mat has
s,rlng up u fl midst. SLOW changes through long
pcrois Of tine, win prrha IS sudden cAa-Toph''
have submerged countless gigantic trees. viii h. when
uncatthed, lit SURPRISING soundnrs+ ana
are in condition TO be made AZ once into
marketable coumo ty. csc buried trees are the
Cpycssus ThDois sempcirinS OF the bltaul,s, or he
cv rsrccu white cypress cedar; and on paris oi ms
immense swamp CROWN. large trees u the same
I'D 81 : their roofs Undecided in several feet Of mou d.
TIE most 81 which uu-i have been dcpoltei on the
pros rat forest De these rees rIn to grow
But the cxhumcr of 81 t-1gs tink, ltc OF geological
q co,es when all his ph sic pow r. ans the shrrwdne7s
gained bycxpIicncc must beput tort plying hi unique
avoratioa He -ta.ts with shupcned ron rod. aud
proGimg through the soft earth or mud soon meets
with object IN arch, general several feet below
the surface. BY careful probing lac cnsiy determines
whether Will BE- suitable for MS purpose. IN cHciya-
ton IL begun directly tn desired tree by saving
through the roots and mul, IN the same manner but
hardly with the same ease In cutting Alter Dig
cling trench AMI cutting away The c-s topaz roots
the log often OF enormous eirih. loose ned amt rss by
its own buoyancy he surface OF TIE water which soon
ucory fills the ditch. The logs hus procured ar gen r
an, slwn into tw1-fcct Icing H. and split mp shingles
aud -tivcs This abor0us industry, requiring great
perseverance, experience ami skill. has nourisuei for
seventy years st. though a. ways pro ecut 4 under
great disadvantages. The trcdchtrou. suiIcc ot the
swamp makes machinery md1p cable ana louS INT r
walls of ter AID mud INST be- hdgeh Over with bonBhs
and bark. Dee ore the HINGES can De uVycit" mIihrt
As the largest ana bct trees an los" ing near th'
Ic e0ugh for, and ~ toe luprd'-
ticiby ofdruntgc would make any at empt 10 dig t'r
the next lower str Itu OF tres piontab g. n NAV De-
forc.ccn that these persist Mt delivers N the -unken
forests ~ tui- locality viii u The next gurr uu hud
me m ch irecr thoicn more nearly ted cypress
swamo he bay ia he lower part OF ID la"afe ana
cytrudi z OVcr the hOr cr m u iEInd Ill' Delaware
swami plrtly updcrie, AN aicdoi twenty &c
squar. anil s. The con BOO cd Y 60 % some summers
orr..in NV however induce the veteran ~h'ng'huHtrrs
to recommcncc their rc1 for logs; the large cracks m
the uticd ear th certainly indicating tn locality ot
49,, l, trr. f., former yclr4 enormous 40 ok. uf
siullc. were made IN this swami. ami besides covering
IN Il eft the uudiug, IN SUSSEX otnl before laioh
was nuilt-mtritds We teamed 10 VII % AM otIr
Joining sta Directly over large port ons % thls
swamp are many trees OF largo sic growils 10 ihck
~ Gee tie sale and PARTITION Of this region some
farms have been cVtcn irl To long ti-t iu. < over
thi. Forest h'cs are generally supposed 10 burn
above ground hut here the dw "llcrS on the borders o
this magiH of cumhus lhlct sometimes discover the
swamp hc fire mot only smuu'dc ing but Hereby
ripn that tine surprised farm Ind that ~ single
under ms coriIhed. AMI bursting through has lctt
hole large c1on ~ O." swallow ms htn
trees are burlup hos thc hes. opportunity col este
mulms the imm n-c dc'"el of 'rfriab md'rr mat
nm lrNt Ole iullh 'dA', hil''n u ~, ~ 90 "i'p
of enormous extent with th fire re- ding 100 n urrc
10 Ikne hike YOUNG go clnot euguling one of tine
ub nIuuc1 hut Ol thr hinge NUM- i.