APPEARANCE OF VEGETATION AROUND ANACONDA, 37 
APPEARANCE OF VEGETATION SURROUNDING SMELTER. 
Following is a description of the appearance of the forests situated 
in various directions from the smelter: 
NORTH OF THE SMELTER. 
A trip was made from Anaconda to Lost Creek, following the 
valley of this creek for about 5 miles from the Deer Lodge-Anaconda 
road. A trip was then made to the top of the bluff running along 
the north side of Lost Creek and following the bluff toward the head 
of the creek for about a mile. From this commanding position 
observations of the forests farther up the creek were also made. 
The lodgepole pines were badly injured at the lower end of the valley 
proper. The damage gradually grew less and at the 5-mile point, 
previously mentioned, there was a considerable growth of these 
pines, some of which were injured while others apparently were not. 
At this place in the valley the old red firs were practically annihilated, 
large numbers of the younger red firs showed a destruction of the 
1908 growth, and on the slopes of the hills on each side of the valley 
the red firs were practically all killed or badly injured. On the bluff 
running north of Lost Creek, previously mentioned, all of the old 
-red firs were dead and the young ones were badly injured. Many 
of the lodgepole pines showed a marked discoloration of the needles 
and a considerable number had been killed. There were no signs 
of recent fires on this bluff to account for this condition. Observa- 
tions made from high points on this bluff indicated that the injury 
to lodgepole pines ceased about a mile beyond the farthest point 
reached on the trip, while the injury to red firs continued as far as 
one could see. 
Another trip was made from Anaconda to Antelope Gulch. The 
basin of this gulch was followed approximately to sec. 3, T.5 N., R. 
11 W., which is about 7 miles from the smelter, and the mountains 
at the end of the gulch approximately in sec. 34, T. 6 N., R. 11 W., 
and about 74 miles from the smelter, were climbed. At the entrance 
to Antelope Gulch the trembling aspens had their leaves badly 
spotted and withered; a few red firs were living, but farther up in 
the valley the red firs on the mountain sides were practically all 
killed, indicating that these few live red firs were either protected 
by the hills in some way or were very resistant individuals. In 
sec. 3, T. 5 N., R. 11 W., the young red firs in the basin were nearly 
all injured severely and the large firs on the ridges, at the sides of the 
gulch, were all killed or dying. Here, too, the needles of the lodge- 
pole pines, both in the basin and on the slopes at its sides, were 
badly discolored. In sec. 34, T. 6 N., R. 11 W., all of the old red 
firs were dead and the young ones were badly injured. A careful 
