On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 05:29:59 +0000, Gould 0738 wrote:


"Fishing, hell!" he answered. "See that log? It's Sitka Spruce and they
make guitars and pianos out of it. Heck if I'm going to worry about a
couple of hundred bucks worth of fish, I just snagged a $600 log!"

Along a similar vein, you may be aware that several companies mine
lake/river bottoms for old growth logs. IIRC some of these logs are worth
tens of thousands of dollars, American.

http://www.iswonline.com/archives/wo...um/wood2.shtml

http://www.timelesstimber.com/about/...T&articleID=71