B.R. Moon 1987 Journal 10 8 April Mitchell Caverns State Natural Preserve, Providence Mountains, San Bernardino county, CA. told us about access to other parts of the mountain range, like Bonanza King Mine and Wild Horse canyon. So soon enough, Bruce and I were headed toward Bonanza King Mine. We saw some quail and chukkas around the windmill just below the mine entrance road. Around the mine we searched the old debris and ghost town leftovers (roads, stone walls, and junk); we found boxes of rock core samples all around, and night lizards and woodrat nests under pieces of old corrugated tin on the ground (see species account: Desert Night Lizard). The oldest date we found on the old stone walls (carved in) was 1956 (I think). Maybe that was when the town was deserted and the first graffiti carvers passed through. As we walked up the rocky, brushy, narrow, and very steep sided canyon, we didn't see any herps out. On our way back down to the car at the mine, I found a beautiful rosy boa under a rock