Show V VALUABLE TIMBER o 0 o Millions l of Feet of Timber of Various Kinds in s in this Basin Earl C. C Sanford and party have returned to the district forest office from the summers summer's work in cruising and mapping the timber of the Wolf Volf creek and Rock creek watersheds in inthe inthe inthe the Wasatch forest About feet of good spruce found on the northern slope of Wolf Volf creek and in the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood of feet of tm- tm ben ber mostly lodgepole pine on upper Rock creek This stream is drivable for ties from almost its source and the timber is better suited for for- forties ties than for any other purpose In 1911 Rock creek was I driven riven with sa saw v v timber from a point about 28 miles above Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne for 22 miles to Utahn by Roy Cook and George Cook of Duchesne They cut about feet of pine sized up to about 28 inches diameter in the spring of the year and attempted to drive it in June The unseasoned yellow pine heavy with resin caused much trouble in sinking There wano was wa no trouble however with other species and probably the yellow yellowpine yellowpine pine pille cut the season previous and seasoned would float readily The farthermost timber ex ex- bv by Sanford would require re- re quire driving 40 miles to Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du chesne although if a railroad d were constructed up the Duchesne Duchesne Du- Du chesne river to the mouth of Rock creek the distance would not be over over- 30 miles The cost of the improvement of Rock Rock- creek for the driving of tie ties would not exceed according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to the estimate of Albert Albert Albert Al Al- bert Peterson of Hanna Utah who the Cooks on th the previous drive A Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl- Pennsyl vania vanla prospective tim timber er purchaser purchaser purchaser pur pur- chaser placed the probable cost at t 1500 which also is a low figure Sanford and his associates associate praise the fishing in Rock freek and nd also alfo the scenery of the Granddaddy lake country in ill which there are perhaps lakes takes Sanford asserts that he hp caught 2 29 trout in one pool in 20 minutes and 53 fish in two pools while another angler caught fish in an hour 0 n |