The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1899-06-02
DENsEsT FOR-oT Ca cARTH.


Redwood Enough 10 Last :'20 YcarI
mt Present RAJ" OF cutting.
The habitat 6, the redwood is peculiar.
1t Is found on! n Il H;.rruw strip, closely
hugging tie Pacific coast. stretching from
the southern boundary Of Oregon or Just
across the buund;try-- for there are perhaps
1000 acres of redwood in Orpgon-south-
ward through northern California, nearly
to the bay OF san Francisco
Tie CLOSEST ard finest growth is il
Humboldt county. near the northern end
That portion in McnduCino and SUnoma
counties is not rs heavy or continuous
nor are the trees as valuable for lumbr,.
Ms they branch lower down. The wood it,
however, of slower growth, is G"nscr and
harder and perhaps more durable. The
best lumber and the heaviest growth ar0
everywhere III the valleys and on the flats
On the hillaidCS the trees arr smaller and
not So Gloss. Now here is there any young
growth. The youngest trees which are
found only in the northern portion of the
belt, are several hundred years of age
This is probably the dcnscst forest on
earth, as measured by the amount of tim
Der per acre suitable for the s;:wmin 1t
Is not the size Of the trees alone which
produces this. although they are cxcrp.
tionally large. even in this stale Of large
things, but it is the great number of trees
the closencss Of their stand. In u rcdVt ocd
forest the sun never shincs---it is always
twilight You are, rs it were, under he
roof of . vast temple, - roof Of foliage
supported by great tree columns
The area of the redwood hvit has hc-n
carefully mapped and is, us nearly as GIN
be estimated 1000 square miles. or l, 28O,
1pr iIhEa SfopNl nf hon. t1,ig
area is not so easy TO ascertain, bur may
be computed thus:
Feet.
Del Norte OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 80 U.GGCC0
humboldt ounty.................. 4-.GJi UC0 eco
Mrndocino county........ ........ -. lGG.Gu1gIg
sonolna county, say............... lC0t,ujlCC0
--------
Total. ....... ~, ~, 1JJUJO
The annual cut ly the mills Is 2aO, GEO
060 feet At the present Ti;c Of cutting
therefore, the supply will last 300 years
In the Mcndocino county there is Ec;?ly
nino times as much iiiltar ~! an acre - :
in the southern pincrirs In HumhulCt
county. upon 96,il3 nrrcs. The aycra yc
stand is $4,000 feet per acre, nearly Il
times Us great as in the southern states
There is one cause OF destruction from
which this tree is entirely exempt; thai
is fire. Containing M pitch, but. on the
other hand, u large amount of water, il
will not burn when green Nc iiro car
run in II redwood forest. 1t is the Only
one of our cOniferous lumber trees which
Is thus exempt.
redwood is i'll almost universal use on
the California coast In the construction
of houses little other timber is used even
ms far south as Los Angeles and san
Diego. 1t is exported rs far south as Val
paraiso and westward TO Japan and Aus
tralia. Indeed, considering its cheapncss
Sl4 per LOCO feet in Eureka for the best |
it seems strange that it has not found its |
way in quantity to tho Atlantic coast
Certain it is that before many years rcd
wood will supplant the now vanishing |
white pine in casCrn markets National |
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