Transcription:
letterhead 2 a financial success of the undertaking- We were defeated by the illegible ness of the material. I fancy that
we threw into the waste heap material which represented 25000, of exp illegible . This was because of hidden defects. We would
undertake to saw a log say three feet in diameter, four or five cuts, and when almost through, the log, after two days labor,
and much valuable a illegible used, down would go the slabs-. I am curious to know whether the other deposits discovered by
you, were as badly broken as that near Adamana. I am strongly? of the opinion that the material we worked was sil illegible
fied while the trees stood. That they submerged originally by Sili illegible waters. I have good reasons for this belief which
were disclosed to me by six weeks stay in the forest, and the after working of the material. We m illegible y f illegible
d material n illegible the tree roots worthy of our consideration. All illegible material came from what appeared near the
tree tops. I have several beautiful specimens. We have ceased to work the material, and any information you wish to give us
will not be for commercial purpose. I wish you might see s illegible table tops I have polished as mirrors- Believe me Sincerely
yours J. H. Drake 03778