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[[underlined]]To Agency[[/underlined]]

[[underlined]]Sept. 10.[[/underlined]] Crossed the summit a mile above camp & rode down to the agency & back - reaching camp again at 4 P.M. Broke camp at once & started on road for Elk Springs but found it was too far for the team to go before dark so let the boys camp about 6 miles down Silver Springs Cr. & went on to fork of Elk & back up Elk valley to Saw mill at Elk Springs, some 6 miles beyond where they camped, & staid over night with Carroll (the agent) & Capt. Damont, the sheep man. 

From our camp to agency is about 12 miles ^[[to Elk Springs about the same]]. Aneroid at camp 8500, on summit 8700, at agency 7000, at fork of Elk & Silver Springs, about 7800, at the sawmill 8000. 

Canadian zones on both sides of range reaches down to about 8000 on N.E. slopes, or lower if slopes are steep, but transition reaches over top of summit at 8700 on S.W. slopes & down to [[strikethrough]] 7000 & [[/strikethrough]] nearly 7000 feet, & to below 7000 on N.E. at Agency. Upper Sonoran with full set of