Show FOREST I TRACT ADDED rl t. TO D. D S S. S AREA I Vr wv- wv M I 11 Thunder Mountain District f Comprising Acres Set Aside l I as t I Thun Thunder J r Idaho's Idaho's Jan 10 orUo fountain r area comprising V a res res lying approximately miles Northeast of Boise Dolse limo capital b by net lct has boon ted created a At Congress administrative al forest reserve e For 1 will b bo be governed by purposes purro es which by the thc forestry headquarters headquarter's In Ogden approximately ap ap- proximately acres will be added Idaho na- na a- a to the tho from the thc new reserve e for forest st st. Which borders It on tho the jorth and md west wes an and and approximately approximate tho the Payette Pay- Pay ti acres will be Joined to ette forest forst on the west and south The The Tho Thunder Mountain area Is a high rough mountain region dissected dissect dissect- od ed d b by deep canyons The extremes of or from to feet fcc lc t run Of tho the entire region 00 90 O Per cent con- con of rocky peaks ridges and slop slopes slope III approximately SO 80 per pel cent ns ns timber 0 or rea ro- ro of mature fa a forest cover cr o production The fhe remaining 0 20 per cent ls barren rock Only about acres cres of or tho the 11 G.- G. I OO are privately private owned owne leaving a a. n t nt t t V ica of approximately acres of or Vi land I I J It ir Little f ir t It of to exceed acres or less than half gone half one of 1 per cent o of tho the whole to surveys sur has soil or tr according suitable for t iv nt t p raphy the only agricultural po poss i- i i- i are arc In the river beds and where lal alluvial soils arc found at nt comparative comparative- sly uly low altitudes 1 t V 1 In 1002 1902 the tho Thunder Mountain area areat as the thc scene of great reat mining t r ras IY and thousands Js of miners and pros- pros 1 located In the tho northwestern Jj part art The mineral deposits deposit however er be bc large and of hl high h did Jd not prove pro to t quality In many mam places the district is honeycombed with abandoned onell mine Shafts hafts Since o the collapse o of the tho min min- J boom the population of the area has 1115 been steadily decreasing and It a 3 s estimated not moro more than persons Ih live In th entire area I n u un m wc l R At present there arc are no set set- set In the Thunder Mountain lo s- s The log buildings of ot the first town Thunder Tl Mountain are aro today standing for the most part but no ono one one has s lived In them for years cars Edwar Edwardsburg Edwards Js- Js f burg burC another settlement during the boom days das Is also abandoned nb The town of or Roosevelt was wai established In I on Monumental creek In 1907 Y however a landslide dammed the wat- wat ere of or tho the creek and now the site Is covered by a lake Many n I of the moro more substantial buildings of or P Roosevelt elt arc renege floating around In It it The region contains full fully threw three c bile bU lion lon Uon feet of ot timber r such as yellow pine Douglas fir Englemann spruce and andr r pine It is estimated J. J The Tho best of ot the commercial timber lies Hes Ini in J i tho o northwestern portion of or the new I which Is as yet et quite r eibe Lumbering Is an unknown Industry industry In- In despite the great amount of or timber There There has has never noor boon been any com com- mills but there are arc a few run by the tho settlers for their own u mire ure e. e trl Fire Damage Great LIt It Is estimated that a n total area lrea of ot acres of or timber having ha a value alue Il of r at least has lIas been dc- dc i b by repeated forest fires The Tho lie I worst of or these S swept the time district last 3 far ar Tho The forest er plans pL to take I Ire Ure prevention pre steps steeps next year car I s d. d t. t The region according to local for for- forestry catry estry officials Includes no natural r wonders large 1301 l lakes kes or features es of Ial scenic Interest Deer and trout tit aTo are plentiful and there are arc rc Vald ri ld to be a a. few v mountain sheep D ad nd ll oats oais als 4 At present the roads are in b ba bad shape but the time forest service plans to Improve them and Tc restore bridges many many of which have ha fallen dO down n duo to toof years cars of or neglect It is estimated proximately i will be bo needed In i open up the country countr to modern modem tr tra t First First Improvement steps according to J present resent plans will begin in tho the t f l tt t t Sheep to the number of head have havo been grazed on the area without restriction during during- recent years ears but tb the forest service plans to decrease 3 number to about as 33 theT 1100 the tho land overgrazed ers |