The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-11-15

government now owns in Lake county
$50, 701 acres, in Cook 280,l15 and in
st. Louis 208y $50. Supposing the share
Of the counties for 1880 10 be $12, 500,
this will mean additional revenue for
Lake county amounting tc $500. for
st. Louis about 5000 and for Cook
abcut 81 600. E1c.1 succeeding year
will be about the same
The area sold, about four town.
ships, is the first of five blocks" in
what is TO be known as the Kawishiwi
circle. 1t is planned to sell the timber
on successive blocks at intervals of
about IL years, so that at the end of
IS years it will be possible to begin
again where the cutting is to be started
next year. The second cutting
according to E. W. Tinker, chief
forester of the Great Lakes district,
will be much more valuable than the
first. Selective logging is to be prac-
ticed, foresters designating the trees
to be cut. They will plan to remove
trees so as to permit more rapid growth
Of those remaining. They viii also re-
move the less valuable species, thus
improving the quality as well as in
creasing the rate of growth.
One-Sixth of Area.
The area sold, about $1,000 acres, is
less than one-sixth of the working
circle" of $4,000 acres, about two
thirds of the total area of federal for
est in Lake county. In other words,
block one, covers four townships; the
working circle about Is townships, and
the forest in the county about 81 town
ships
About half of the land in the Sup
erior forest is owned by the govern
ment- the remainder by the state and
private individuals
The first cutting on block / is ex-
pected to yield 42,530,00O board feet
saw timber and sos. $50 cords of pulp
wood The working circle is estimated
at 205, $4,000 feet of saw timber and
2,425,32 cords Of pulpwood These
ngures VIII be enhanced by the growth
between now and the time the timber
Is cut. Most of the Superior forest is
young, the area having been burned
over by great fire just previous to the
first white settlement, so the growth
no doubt, viii be greater than the de-
terioration.
The second cutting is expected to be
much larger and OF better species than
the first. The timber now on the land
follows: White pine 90 percent; Nor
way pine, Is percent; jack pine, GOA
percent: spruce, 12.4 percent; balsam,
Ia percent; birch, ga percent; aspen,
. percent; and cedar, o. percent.
Plan for Cut.
The Dians of the forest service con-
template the cutting of about ono
third of the standing white zine, about
one-sixth of the Norway pine, nine
tenths of the jack pine and balsarn,
about half of the aspan and a quarter
of the birch.
In marking timber tc be cut the
Forest service will take care to preserve
the scenic beauty of canoe routes ard
of all lake shore valuable from a re-
irrational standpoint
The southern boundary of the block
lies about Is miles north Of Little
Marais. The Ely-Finland road crosses
the southern part of the tract. A log
ging railroad runs to the south line,
and the Northwest Paper Company
plans soon to begin surveying for a
12-mile railroad to connect with its
Duluth & Northeastern line, which
runs from Horribly to the Canadian
boundary near Rose lake. Other sales
OF timber will be made as occasion re-
Quires About $4,000 lately was re-
ceived for timber killed in recent fires
near Brule lake, Mr. Hamel said Up
ward Of two townships near Ely have
been omitted from the working circle
in the hope that at some future date
a wood working industry or mines may
require laying out small circle to pro-
vide a perpetual supply
Sees Million Revenue
According to A. G. Hamel, forest
supervisor, it is not unreasonable to ex-
pect that eventually the Superior for
est will yield an annual revenue of
81. 000. 0O0,l which will bring to the three
counties s250,000 in beu of taxes and
100000 year for the building of
roads within the forest
The contract provides for periodical
adjustments of the prices of stumpage
according to market conditions.