B.R. MOON 1987 Journal 7 6 April Middle fork of Cornfield Spring Canyon, Providence Mountains, San Bernardino county, CA. TION RIBE Sec II center. headed up another long canyon toward Cornfield spring, the center fork (which we followed) led to a spring with a moderate amount of flowing water. The source of water itself was inaccessible due to extremely dense willows and Ephedra bushes. Above this spring there was considerably less water flow than below it. 1400 PST. It started to rain, and continued raining as we headed back down the canyon for about 10 min. At the confluence of the middle and north forks of the canyon (dry washes) we found a short (~3m) horizontal mine shaft with what looked like greenish, oxidized copper ore in it, and an old wooden ladder on the shaft floor. We also found several small (~5cm) mud wasp nests on the ceiling of the cave. On our way out of the canyon, on the north side of the wash at the canyon mouth, Bruce found a giant desert hairy scorpion under a railroad tie finishing up with a smaller scorpion it was eating. We collected the scorpion to keep as a fieldwork mascot. Then home to Doner's Camp.