Dickenson County VA Coal and Timber - Virginia History - HOLIDAY SALE

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Dickenson County,
Virginia
Duo
#1 - The Geology and Coal Resources
of
Dickenson County,
Virginia
By Albert W. Giles
1921, 250 pages, illustrated, indexed
#2 - The Forests of Dickenson
County
By W. G. Schwab
1913, 45 pages, illustrated
#2 - The Coal Resources of
the Clintwood and Bucu Quadrangles, VA
By Henry Hinds
1916, 230 pages, illustrated
Bonus #3 –
Virginia
Counties
& Cities Timeline
(Details below)
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Dickenson County was formed in 1880 from parts of Buchanan County, Russell County, and Wise County.
It is Virginia's youngest county.
It was named for William J. Dickenson, delegate to the Virginia General Assembly from Russell County,
1859-1861,
1865-1867, and 1877-1882
The Geology and Coal Resources of
Dickenson
County
Contents
Introduction
Geography
General Geology
Economic Geology
Detailed Description of Coal Beds (10 locations in Russell Fork drainage,
2 locations in Clinch River drainage)
Amount of Ultimately Available Coal
Character and Quality of the Coals
The Forests of Dickenson
County
CONTENTS
Location And Area 1
Topography And Drainage 1
Population 2
Industry 2
Land Clearance & Ownership 2
Important Forest Trees 3
Forest Types 4
Ridge type 4
Slope type 5
Cove type 5
Bottom type 5
Land Classification 5
Area of Cleared Land and Classes of Timberland by Watershed 7
Estimation of Standing Timber by Classes 7
History of Lumbering 8
Stave Industry 9
White Oak Export Timbers 9
Method of Lumbering 9
Present Method of Purchasing Timber 10
Stumpage Values 11
Forest
Fire Protection 11
Future of the Forest 12
Necessity of More Conservative Cutting 13
Summary 14
Illustrations (13 total)
Bonus –
Virginia
Counties
& Cities Timeline
Summarized from “
Virginia
Counties
– Those Resulting from
Virginia
Legislation”
Published 1916
This is a 21 page chart summarizing, in date order, the formation of all 180
Virginia
counties now located in the present day states
of
Virginia
,
West
Virginia
and
Kentucky
.
Also includes information on the 90 independent cities of
Virginia
.
Begins in 1634 with the eight original shires, continues through 1776 with the first county in present day
Kentucky
, and 1779 with
the first county in present day
West Virginia
.
Dickenson was the last new Virginia county, formed 1880. In 1920
Alexandria
County
was renamed
Arlington
County
.
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