Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Plate 68a (1871) Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 6000 ft (1829 m). An east-northeast view up Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Placer mining following discovery of...
Indian Creek west of Townsend, Montana. Plate 35b (July 28, 1980) Ca. 100 years later. Past mining operations have drastically altered the canyon bottom. Disturbed dry areas are now thickly covered by mountain big sagebrush, while moist sites along...
Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Plate 68a (1871) Fire Group 5: Cool-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 6000 ft (1829 m). An east-northeast view up Alder Gulch 2.2 miles above Virginia City, Montana. Placer mining following discovery of...
Elkhorn, Montana. Plate 71a (1901) Fire group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 6600 ft (2012 m). The camera faces northeast from a point high on the slope above Elkhorn, an early mining town in the Elkhorn Mountains of west-central Montana. Adjacent...
Landscape photography ; Canyon Ferry Ranger District (Mont.)
Magpie Creek .2 miles above junction with State Highway 284. Plate 32a (Ca. 1880) Fire Group 4: Warm-dry Douglas-fir. Elevation 4,000 ft (1,220 m) Looking southwest down Magpie Creek 0.2 miles above junction with State Highway 284 east of the...
The old cabin at the mouth of Gold Creek used by Clarence Goff, et. Al., in connection with sheep grazing. Sign on the cabin reads: Mayflower Mining Company.