However, even though the expression of "a mountain common to nine Chii villages" was changed to "a mountain shared by nine villages," the ways of using the forests in this area changed little, and the people there entered the mountains and earned their living mainly through creating charcoal while cutting miscellaneous trees to produce everyday utensils.
しかしながら、従来の九ヶ村惣山が九ヶ村共有林と呼び方が変わったにしてもこの地域における山林利用の形態に大きな変化はなく、従来同様知井や針畑から入山して、製炭を中心に、生活用品の原材料となる雑木を伐採して生計を立てていた。