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18_10
Sherwood Valley

Tree No. 26 Tan Oak.
Unfinished! 129 99 63 291 lbs first rim.
This tree a goosepen tree. It fell off the cut and in such a way that it struck a Douglas Fir, snapped in two and the lower part went flat on the ground. Loss of the bark under side so great I stopped weighing.
- Tree No. 27. Height = 79 feet Diam. butt = 1 ft 4 1/2 in. at 3 ft. Peeled 37 1/2 feet Diam. end rim = 10 in. Age = 83 years (quite distinct rings) Height = 79 feet. Two men 25 mins to peel. Bark at butt = 1 in. " [Bark] average 1/2 to 3/4 in.
134 90 136 115 56 / 531
18_11
August 3, 1907.

Wilcox's Exposures. -- All Tan Oak.
No. 1. Butt end of log with hollow centre, 3 ft. log, 1 ft.
hollow
No. 2. Poles 40 ft. high, 1 & 2 short rims taken. One pole to
right bark stuck. Poles 4 to 8 diam at 1 ft. 35 to 40 ft.h.
No. 3. Two-ft tree at 4 ft., detail of bark with 9 trymarks
about tree
No. 4. Sledding bark. Nearly 1 cord on sled.
No 5. Taking first rim. Tree 3 ft 1 in. at 2 feet. 110 feet
high about.
No 6. Undercut and back-cut.
No 7. Peeling log.
No 8. Unloading bark from sled.
No. 9. Tangle down logs Main cross log 80 feet peeled, 2 ft.
4 in. at butt, 1 1/2 ft. at 40 ft., 1 ft. at 80 ft. Three
other logs of similar size.
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