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Total stand of timber {pole and fuel), in T. 7 S., R. 19 E. 



Cubic feet. 



Lodgepole pine ". 1, 000, 000 



White-bark pine 



Subalpine fir 900, 000 



Engelmann spruce 



Total .--. 1,900,000 



Composition of forest in T. 7 »S. , B. 19 JE., including trees of all species with basal diamelsrs of 3 inches and 



upward. 



Per cent. 

 Lodgepole pine ■. 82 



White-bark pine 8 



Subalpine fir 4 



Engelmann spruce 8 



Aspen and cottonwood 3 



Of the very young growth, comprising trees 2 inches to 2J inches in basal diameter, aspen forma 

 20 per cent. 



Township 7 South, Range 20 East. 



Topography. — With the exception of six sections in the southwest portion the 

 township consists of level and rolling tracts of agricultural and grazing lands. The 

 mountain areas comprise low, broken terminations of spurs stretching eastward 

 from high divides in the township adjoining on the west, and vary in altitude from 

 1,000 to 1,500 feet above the adjacent levels on the east. 



Mining. — No ore deposits are known to occur. In several places in the western 

 portion of the township limestone is quarried and burned to quicklime. Coal is 

 mined at Red Lodge, in the eastern areas. 



Soil. — Deep loam in the valley bottoms, gravelly and thin on most of the 

 uplands; mixed with a great deal of bowlder drift along the west line. 



Agricultural adaptability. — The lands are agricultural in character where the 

 soil is not too stony nor the contours too steep, and where water for irrigation is 

 obtainable. The mountain areas in the western portion of the district are not 

 cultivable. 



Grazing capacity. — The level and rolling tracts where not tillable are used as 

 range ground. 



Drainage conditions. — There is only an insignificant volume of run-off origi- 

 nating in the township. It is all comprised in the discharge issuing from a series 

 of small springs along the base of the mountains in the district. 



Snow and rocTc slides. — None. 



Towns and settlements. — The eastern and central areas contain numerous farm- 

 steads on the agricultural lands. The city of Red Lodge is situated in the south- 

 east quarter of the township. 

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