Longhurst 1939 Itinerary Aug 22 Alcorn Ranch, 4 mi W Fallon, Churchill Co. Nevada Yesterday morning we broke camp at Troy Cr. At the Old English Gold Mine about 1/2 mi below camp we learned from the caretaker that there was a colony of bats roosting in one of the tunnels so we investigated, but the bats had left leaving only feces to show where they had been roosting. We then drove on to Nyala where we stopped to inquire about mt. sheep. Harry Lewis one of the ranch hands there told us that he had seen several bands of sheep in the Granite Range. Some in Troy Canyon only about a year before. He also mentioned the Bordoli Ranch as a good place to get horses for a trip after sheep. However, we did not have time to investigate. E.E. Garrett now owns the ranch at Nyala. We saw a head of a young ram in Garret's house which he had killed many years before. It looked very much like a Nelson or desert sheep. Lewis also told us of seeing many antelope from Nyala & along the