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Litter. — In the burned-over areas there is a small amount of unburned woody 

 debris of the former forest; elsewhere litter is light or wholly lacking. 

 Humus. — None. 



Classification of lands in T. 6 8., R. 13 E. 



\ Acres. 



Forested 3,000 



Nonf created 20, 040 



Badly burned 600 



Logged - None. 



Agricultural , - None. 



Grazing , 12,600 



Bare rocks 4, 800 



Tarns and streams , 2, 010 



Toial stand of timber {pole and fuel) in T. 6 S., R. 13 E. 



Cubic feet. 



Lodgepole pine 1, 000, 000 



White-bark pine 500, 000 



Subalpine fir .1, 500, 000 



Engelmann spruce 2, 800, 000 



Total .*! - 5, 800, 000 



Composition of forest in T. 6 S., R. IS E., including trees of all species vnth basal diameters of 3 inches and 



upward. 



Per cent 

 Lodgepole pine 10 



White-bark pine 9 



Subalpine fir 30 



Engelmann spruce 51 



Township 6 South, Range 14 East. 



Topography. — The township consists chiefly of high mountains, rising to 

 altitudes of above 11,000 feet, breaking off along the east line with steep slopes and 

 scarps to the canyon of Stillwater River, and broadening on the west into the wide 

 summit of Lake Plateau in the adjoining township. 



Mining. — Prospects merely, situated along Stillwater Valley. 



Minerals. — Copper is said to occur. 



Soil. — Stony and gravelly throughout. 



Agricultural adaptability. — None of the lands in the township are tillable. 



Grazing capacity. — Portions of the high western areas of the township, in all 

 12,000 acres, are covered with a more or less continuous turf of low alpine sedges 

 and grasses suitable for pasturage. The tracts are difficult of access and are not 

 pastured. 



Drainage conditions.— dtva&W creeks, rivulets, and springs are abundant. Tarns 

 and lakelets occur here and there at the head of the creeks in the western pOTtions 



