Field notes, v510
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Behle 1934. 223 Bear Cr., 8000 ft., Jarbidge Mts. Elko Co., Nevada Sept. 11, 1934 Our camp is located about 3 miles this side [south] of Jarbidge, 6 by road. Are utilizing an abandoned cabin probably the former site of a saw mill, where a small side canyon comes in from the south and joins Bear creek. This is all part of the Jarbidge water shed and no grazing is allowed here. Only sheep and cattle are found on the other side of the divide. A bench mark has recently been placed on the divide but its altitude is yet stamped. We are told the divide is 8100 which checks fairly close with barometer readings. We are about 1/2 mile down on the Jarbidge side of the divide. Prospectors have been all over the area judging by their holes. A few good sized mines are observable in the Jarbidge direction. The hills are covered with a good stand of conifers consisting of Pines flexilis and Abies concolor. There is probably some Blue Spruce scattered. The timber is by no means continuous, but scattered and discontinuous in occurrence. The stand in the canyon back of camp is as thick as any noted in the country. Certain areas of the hills were open and covered with stunted sagebrush. Along the main canyon are open grass