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a thick growth of Yellow Pine. The waters of North Beaver Creek, two miles 



flames made rapid progress, running north of Rawlins, in Gilpin county, were 



towards the Little Boulder Creek, over a ignited by campers. About eleven square 



stretch of country three miles wide by miles of Pine forest were here destroyed 



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MAP OF WESTERN COEORADO SHOWING THE AREAS ( DOTTED) BURNED OVER IN 1900. 



eight in length. A conservative estimate There were a number of small (ires all 



gives the loss of standing timber as over the mountain region during flu- month 



of July. In the White River Reserve 



amounting to seven millions of feet. 



On the same day the woods at the head- about a thousand acres were burned over 



