Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 252, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 October 1911 — Wealth In Long-Submerged Logs. [ARTICLE]

Wealth In Long-Submerged Logs.

Probably the most peculiar lumbering operations in the world are being carried on tn the Bay of Qulnte, on the northern shore of Lake Ontario, forty miles from Oswego, N. Y., where powerful engines are hoisting valuable oak and walnut logs from the bottom of the bay. Some of them are fifty feet long and sound as the day they were felled, though many of these logs have been submerged for twentyfive years. Long ago the lake was surrounded by magnificent forests of oak, pine and black walnut, and when the logs were felled and run into the lake for shipment, great numbers of the heaviest sank through their own weight or because they were covered with snow. Divers recently ascertained that the bottom of the bay was full of logs, and barges equipped with engines and grappling hooks are now hoisting them for commercial purposes. Hundreds of dollars* worth are raised dally.