Field notes, v1445
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Lilleland 1933 Itinerary, 15 July 6. necessities and left Tonopah at 2°° p.m. We drove to a spot in the Monitor Valley 10½ mi E of Toquima Peak - Elevation 7000 ft. We camped on invaded a large stone house - whose wall inscriptions outdid those of Belshazzars' famous banquet hallucinations. This house was about 6 mi from the town of Belmont. About 5³⁰ p.m. Doctor Hall, Jack R Arnold, Francis Gale and self drove to a point E of the stone house 1½ mi on a road running E and W- From that point we headed in a more southerly direction across the sage about a mile. Here we found several sand dunes. Jack and Francis stayed in the vicinity of the dunes to set out traps. Doc and I drove back to the road to a point where the Compass read 76° W of N. to Mt Jefferson (peak), in other words Jefferson was approximately WxN of our position and we were about 10½ mi to the east of the peak. Diagram of trap set follows: 2 Peaks (twins?) Dune Table Mt. (West sight) To Cow boys Home (Stone house) X Care