. Bull Mountains coal field study : final report. Coal mines and mining; Animal ecology; Wildlife management. Surface ownership on the study area was as follows: private, 89 percent; state (school trust lands), 6 percent; and federal (national resource lands, BLM), 5 percent. Federal lands accounted for 2 and 20 percent of the respective portions of the study area in Musselshell and Yellowstone counties. In southern Musselshell County, federal lands occurred in small isolated tracts varying in size from 40 to 320 acres, while those in Yellowstone County varied from 160 acres to several section
. Bull Mountains coal field study : final report. Coal mines and mining; Animal ecology; Wildlife management. Surface ownership on the study area was as follows: private, 89 percent; state (school trust lands), 6 percent; and federal (national resource lands, BLM), 5 percent. Federal lands accounted for 2 and 20 percent of the respective portions of the study area in Musselshell and Yellowstone counties. In southern Musselshell County, federal lands occurred in small isolated tracts varying in size from 40 to 320 acres, while those in Yellowstone County varied from 160 acres to several sections. Subsurface ownership differed considerably from that of the surface. Approximately 45 percent of the coal belonged to the federal government with the remainder belonging to the state and private interests (USDI, BLM 1973). The pattern of subsurface ownership consisted primarily of alternate sections of federal and private coal. The Burlington Northern Railroad owns most of the private coal. Physiography The Bull Mountains consist of two levels or plateaus. The upper level (Figure 2), which forms the divide between the Musselshell and Yellowstone drainages, varies from 4,500 to 4,700 feet in elevation and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dusek, Gary L; Montana. Department of Fish and Game; Consolidation Coal Company. [s. l. : s. n. ]
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