Need an ID on this oak.

Hi folks.

While scrounging at the sawmill this morning I found several of these. Pretty sure it's oak, the grain looks like oak anyhow. But it's a lot lighter than the oak I'm used to. There's blood-red spots and streaks in the wood. Have never seen this before.

Any thoughts?

Thanks.

Knowing this I wish I'd gotten more of it. Was on a softwood run yesterday, needed to fill a gap in next year's stack. Was mostly picking soft maple and poplar. Picked the ash by accident, was judging by the weight.

There were a lot of these slabs on the conveyor pile. Wonder what it was being milled for?

You guys are the best.

Got to the sawmill Saturday for a load. The place was rutted up even worse than last time. We had a couple inches of snow that melted and some rain for good measure last week. I was leery of driving back in there but figured what the heck. I need my wood.

For a LT with highway tires, it don't do too bad out there. Turned the tires a few times, got stuck once when the front end dropped down in a rut but was able to back out, get a better bite and bounced to where I needed to go.

Anyhoo, there was a good amount of ash to be had. Thanks to the helpful folks here at Hearth, I knew what to look for and scrounged it up. Grabbed all the oak and ash I could find to make a load.

Not an easy task as the conveyor pile was mostly tulip poplar. Guess they milled a lot of it on Friday. Had to drive over to the dump piles and play amateur mountain climber to get a full load of the good stuff. Wasn't sure if I could even make it over there, the ground was so pigged up but I did. Wish I'd had the presence of mind to take the camera along.

But here are some photos of the load and the woodpile, before and after.