118 AB8AB0KA DIVISION OF YELLOWSTONE FOREST RESEEVE. 



Litter. — Trifling in amount in the lower portions, almost lacking in the upper 

 areas of the forest. 

 Hwnvus. — None. 



Classification of lands in T. 9 S., R. 14 E. 



Acres. 



Forested 5,360 



Nonforested 10,000, 



Badly burned 200 



Logged and culled 4, 000 



Agricultural - None. 



Grazing 6,000 



Bare rocks - 3,000 



Lakelets and tarns 800 



Total stand of timber in T. 9 S., R. U E. 



Species. 



Mill timber. 



Pole and fuel 

 timber. ^ 



Total volume of 

 all timber. 



Lodgepole pine 



White-bark pine... 



Subalpine fir 



Engelmann spruce . 



Total 



Feel B. M. 

 ' 3,000,000 



18,50,000 



Cubicfeet. 



4, 000, 000 



800, 000 



4, 500, 000 



■5,000,000 



Cvbicfeet. 



4, 540, 000 



800, 000 



4, 500, 000 



8, 330, 000 



21, 500, 000 



14, 300, 000 



18,170,000 



Composition of forest in T. 9 8., R. 14 E., including trees of all species ■vAth basal diameters of 3 inches 



and upward. 

 * Per cent. 



Lodgepole pine 5 



White-bark pine 5 



Subalpine fir 30 



Engelmann spruce. ^ 60 



Township 9 South, Range 15 East. 



Topography. — With the exception of the southeast quarter, which is a region 

 of low relief, this township comprises a mass of rugged mountains rising to 

 elevations of 11,000 feet in the southwest corner and along the west line. The 

 northeast quarter has an altitude of from 8,000 to 9,000 feet, and comprises 

 steep, rocky ridges and dome-like hillocks more or less isolated by the interpo- 

 sition of ravines and glacial cirques. The upper portion of Clark Fork and the 

 Broadwater cut the township from northwest to southeast. 



Mining. — The southwest quarter of the township is mineral bearing, and in 

 it many claims, as yet chiefly prospects, have been located. It forms part of 

 Cooke City district. ' 



Minerals. ~Gio\A, silver, copper, lead. 



Soil. — Gravelly loam, mostly thin and stony. 



