Yogo Creek above the American Sapphire Mine, Little Belt Mountains. Plate 42a. Fire Group 6: Moist Douglas-fir. Elevation 5,600 ft. (1,707 m) The camera faces northwest up Yogo Creek at a point on rock outcrop directly above the American Sapphire Mine, Little Belt Mountains, Lewis and Clark National Forest. Stumps along bottom and snags on both sides of canyon are evidence of localized cutting and an extensive wildfire. Willow, cottonwood, and aspen occupy sites along stream course. Conifers on right are primarily ponderosa pine. Note flume at right of road. USGS photograph 11 by D. B. Sterret. Caption below photo also identifies area as located in Fergus County, Montana.
Subject (LCSH)
Yogo Creek (Mont.); Little Belt Mountains (Mont.); Lewis and Clark National Forest (Mont.); Fergus County (Mont.); Sapphire mines and mining; Willows; Aspen; Cottonwood; Ponderosa pine; Flumes; Canyons
Subject (TGM)
Landscape photographs
Subject (AAT)
oblique views
Rights Management
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Contributing Institution
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Geographic Coverage
Yogo Creek (Fergus county, Montana); Fergus (county); Lewis and Clark National Forest (Fergus county, Montana); Little Belt Mountains (Montana)
Time Period Represented
20th century
Digital Collection
Archival Photographs from the University of Montana
Physical Collection
United States Forest Service
Genre (Short List)
photographs
Type
Image;StillImage
Digital Format
image/jpeg
Physical Dimensions
7 in. x 8 in. negative
Digitization Specifications
Digitized at the University of Montana Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library. Scanned as a master TIFF using Epson Expression 10000XL at 450 ppi, 24-bit color. Used Adobe Photoshop CS to create JPG derivative, 570 pixels along the long edge.
Date Digitized
2007-11-08
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