102 ABSAEOKA DIVISION OF YELLOWSTONE FOBE^T EESERVE. 



Classification of lands in T. 8 S., R. 14- E. 



Acres. 



Forested 9,000 



Nonforeated ...14,040 



Badly burned None. 



Logged : '- None. 



Agricultural None. 



Grazing None. 



Bare rocks and alpine 13,000 



Tarns and streams 1, 040 



Total stand of timber in T. 8 8., R. 14 E. 



Species. 



Mill timber., 



Pole and fuel 

 timber; 



Total volume of 

 all timber. 



Lodgepole pine 



White-bark pine . . . 



Subalpine flr 



Engelmann spruce . 



Total 



Feel B. M. 

 8, 000, 000 



20, 000, 000 



Cubic feet. 



10, 000, 000 

 1, 000, 000 

 3, 000, 000 

 2, 000, 000 



Oitbicfeel. 



11, 440, 000 

 1, 000, 000 

 3, 000, 000 

 5, 600, 000 



28, 000, 000 



16, 000, 000 



21, 040, 000 



Composition of forest in T. 8 S., R. 14 E., including trees of all species 'unth basal diameters of 3 inches and 



upward. 



Per cent. 

 Lodgepole pine ^ 20 



White-bark pine. !, 6 



Subalpine fir 9 



Engelmann spruce 65 



Township 8 South, Bange 15 East. 



Topography. — The township consists of a high alpine and subalpine area, in 

 the southern and central portions comprising a mass of short, irregular ridges 

 with a maze of ravines, shallow canyons, and runs cutting the ridges in all 

 directions, and a large n,umber of depressions holding one or more lakelets and 

 tarns. The northern areas rise into towering peaks, several of them 12,000 feet 

 in height, surrounding which are rock-bound canyons almost crevice-like in their 

 narrowness. 



Mining. — None; the region is mineralized, however. 



Minerals. — Gold and copper. 



/So^7.— Thin and gravelly, in most localities strewn with immense bowlders 

 and masses of talus. Most of the areas are entirely devoid of soil, presenting 

 nothing but the smooth, bare. rock. 



Agricultural adaptability. — The township contaihs no arable land. 



