29 INJURY BY SMELTER WASTES. 
tance of about 6 miles), the few trees and crops that existed appeared 
to be considerably damaged. It is possible, however, that this was 
due partly to lack of attention on the part of the ranchers. No at- 
tempt was made to examine the mountains on the east side of the Deer 
Lodge Valley, as it would have been impossible to tell whether any 
injury that was found was due to the smelter at Anaconda, or to those 
in the vicinity of Butte. | 
SOUTH OF THE SMELTER. 
Going south from Anaconda, a trip was made along the road which 
first runs to the east and then turns southwest until it crosses the 
divide. The point reached was 9 or 10 miles southwest of the smelter 
and about 2 miles beyond the divide. , Samples of soils and foliage and 
dump and slime samples from the smelter were collected, and observa- 
tions made on the general appearance of the vegetation. Three miles 
south of the smelter the trembling aspens were badly injured, spots 
appearing all over the leaves. Four miles south some of the lodgepole 
pines were dead, while the remainder were badly injured; practically 
all red firs were dead. Five miles southwest of the smelter the lodge- 
pole pines were damaged less, but still showed injury to a considerable 
extent; again, the red firs were practically all dead. For from 6 to 8 
miles southwest of the smelter, to the divide, the lodgepole pines were 
living, but most of them showed more or less injury to the ends of 
needles; again the red firs were nearly all dead, or seriously injured. 
Two miles beyond the divide the forest did not appear to be damaged. 
WEST OF THE SMELTER. 
A trip was made in a westerly direction from Anaconda up Warm 
Springs Creek to Silver Lake and back. Samples of cattle-food ma- 
terials, soils, and foliage were gathered and observations on the gen- 
eral appearance of the vegetation were made. None of the junipers 
observed on the western trip were injured in the slightest degree. 
The lodgepole pines were all killed in the vicinity of the smelter, but 
the injury to this species gradually grew less, until, at about 10 miles 
west of the smelter or slightly beyond this, it ceased entirely, and 
beyond this point they were apparently uninjured. The damage to 
red firs was exceedingly great for a distance of 13 miles west, grad- 
ually growing less beyond this point, until on the shore of Silver 
Lake, 15 miles west of the smelter, it apparently nearly ceased. (Sce 
Ris. yikand: Visti) 
On the whole it may be said that the injury to red firs around the 
Washoe smelter extends for a distance of about 15 to 20 miles north, - 
an indefinite distance east, 8 miles south, and 15 miles west. The 
injury to lodgepole pines, however, only extends for a distance of 
9 to 10 miles north, an indefinite distance east, 8 miles south, and 
about 10 miles west. 
