 An initial estimate by lumbermen in 1931 stated that if the tree were to be cut for lumber , it would produce between 35 @,@ 000 feet ( 11 @,@ 000 m ) and 40 @,@ 000 feet ( 12 @,@ 000 m ) of board lumber , with a value of $ 1 @,@ 400 . In February 1932 , Perkins Coville of the United States Forest Service Department of Silvics estimated the tree 's volume to contain 20 @,@ 000 feet ( 6 @,@ 100 m ) of board lumber . In 1938 , engineers of the Island Creek Coal Company estimated that the tree 's trunk contained 15 @,@ 000 feet ( 4 @,@ 600 m ) of board lumber . Following the tree 's felling in 1938 , it was estimated to weigh approximately 5 @,@ 400 long tons ( 5 @,@ 500 t ) . 
