Sounds like a contaminant stain - something like a copper or corrosion stain that got inside the tree. Perhaps a hundred years ago, some forester drove a nail in the tree and it, rusted away. Who know. Maybe a stray blacksmith's spark or a wild cowboy shot.
But I am (purely) guessing it got there in the tree's life, not after it was cut.
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