Field notes, v1539
Page 103
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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,