The article below is dated (printed in August o
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The article below is dated (printed in August of 1990), but states that back then a single cedar log recovered from Lake Tucurui in Brazil sold for $400 uncut and as is. The real value comes when recovered wood is air or kiln dried and cut into lumber or sheets of various sizes.
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/14/world/tucur...looms.html