How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 124
ad of Logs in the Sierras. where the trees are cut. The logs are generallyloaded on to cars by means of donkey engines. In some parts of California^ the timber is cutso high up the mountain slopes that it can bereached neither by railroads nor wagon roads. LUMBERING 107 It is sent to the valleys… … Fig. 43. — Boards ready to be Flumed. carried down very rapidly. In Fresno Countythere are several flumes, each of which is morethan forty miles in length. In our Southern States there is still anothertimber belt. There the yellow pine is the most 108 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED common lumber tree. There…
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