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R.J. Raith
1956
Journal
Jarbidge, Elko Co., Nevada
June 2
Got up this morning again at 5 AM. The morning
was damp and cool. Left camp at 6 and went [illegible] up
the road toward Jarbidge and turned east following
the rushing little stream in Moore Gulch. I ascend
that stream to the point where it forks or rather slightly
above that point on the northern fork. Then I climbed
up the south side of that north branch into some
firs and then dropped back to the creek upstream.
Then I climbed up the north side of the canyon and
descended to camp along the ridge intercepting my
route of yesterday at the dirt road that leads
north from Jarbidge. The elevation at the fork of
the stream is about 6800 ft. and that of my highest
penetration in the grove of firs is about 7100-7200 ft.
There are several small mines along the creek and
a sizeable tunnel into the south north canyon wall
at about the 6700-ft. level. A tailing dump in the
canyon bottom marks this locality. The vegetation along
the stream is mainly willows and aspen for its entire
length. The north side of the gulch is sagebrush &
grass. The south side is also sagebrush with some
clumps of aspen which become continuous higher up.
Fir trees are scattered through the upper aspen grove
and there are rather dense stands of them on the
south slopes just above the fork. On the more exposed
fringes of the firs there are stands of mountain,