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a few individual pines and small shrubs have grown on a thin soil base around the edges of the mine dump. In the area be- tween the Jonathan mine and the Cash mine, vegetation is esti- mated to cover approximately 608 of the south facing land sur- _ face. Several small stands of pine and aspen trees and numer- ` ous juniper trees can be found here in a meadow composed of native grasses. These grasses are predominantly a mixture of Slender Wheat-grass, Mountain Muhly, and Parry Oat-grass with bunches of Thurber Fescue. Soils Information The U. S. Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Ser- vice has mapped the soils covering this area as the Juget-Rock Outcrop Complex. This rock complex is composed of about 508 very gravelly, sandy loam, about 308 rock outcrop, and small areas of soils near drainageways that can make up to 208 of each mapped area. The Juget Complex consists of shallow, somewhat excessively drained soils that have formed on mountain slopes and ridges in a sandy residium weathered from granite. It is found on slopes with a gradient of between 98 to 598, and at elevations t between 6,300 to 8,200 feet. A representative profile of the Juget Complex reveals a six inch surface layer of dark gray, very gravelly, sandy loam and an underlying layer about five .- inches thick of brown, very gravelly, loamy material on a granite surface. The soil reaction of the Juget Complex is slightly acid. The Juget soils have rapid permeability and a low available water capacity. The major rock outcrop in the Juget-Rock Outcrop Complex in this area is the Boulder Creek granite. The Boulder Creek granite ranges from a very coarse-grained pink and black mot- tled biotite granite to a medium-grained quartz monzonite gneiss. Zt is commonly a dark gray color and forms prominent outcrops. The small areas of soils near drainageways are classified as either Peyton or Allens Park soils. The Peyton soils are formed on upland hills and valley side slopes in well-drained, weathered, loamy and sandy material that has been locally transported. It is found on slopes with a gradient of between 58 and 208. A representative profile of this soil reveals a surface layer of dark gray, very gravelly, loamy sand about eleven inches thick. The subsoil is about thirty-two inches thick and is a brown, gravelly, sandy, clay loam that grades into a gravelly, coarse, sandy loam. The substratum extends to a depth of sixty inches or more and is a pale brown, grav- elly, sandy loam. A moderate permeability and water capacity and a neutral soil reaction characterize the Peyton soils. • Tlie Allens Park soils arc formed on mountain slopes in loamy colluvium and residium weathered from granite. These are mod- erately deep, well-drained soils found on slopes with gradi- • ants of between 158 and 608 at elevations between 6,300 feet to 8,200 feet. A representative profile of this soil exposes a surface layer about two inches thick composed of a dark gray, gravelly, sandy loam. The subsurface layer is about eight inches thick and is a light brownish-gray colored, grav- elly, sandy loam, Alight grayish-brown, gravelly, sandy loam that has seams and nodules of brown, gravelly, sandy, clay loam in the lower part is found below this subsurface layer. A brown, gravelly, sandy, clay loam about nine inches thick forms the subsoil. Partly weathered Boulder Creek granite underlies the subsoil at a depth of about twenty-six inches. The surface layer has a neutral soil reaction, while the sub- soil is slightly acid. The Allens Park soils have a moderate permeability and a low water capacity. At lower elevations, the native vegetation found in the Juget- •• Rock outcrop Complex is mainly Ponderosa pine and, at higher _ elevations, it is Douglas-fir and Engelmann spruce. A sparse understory of grass is usually found in the Juget Complex -14-