Field notes, v1508
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North 13 (copy) opn 6 mi S and 3 km E of Mt. Springs, in Mexico. Dec. 28, 1938 at a deep wide wash, about 60 ft deep or a little more and several hundred feet across. This wash was just west of a small range of hills and east of the coast ranges. We followed tire tracks in the sand along the east base of the coast ranges until the sand became too soft. This put us at the base of a small hill at the foot of the coast ranges where we directly E or a little NE of our camp, could see, Mt. Signal, (in Mexico), through the low place in a "saddle" made by the small hills east of the coast just described, which was several hundred yards east of our camp. With 8x30 binoculars, we could see a road which we think is probably the road from Mexicali, Mexico to Tecate, Mexico or a branch of that road to Jacumba, Mexico. We walked about 2 or 3 miles towards it but then saw no connection between it and the tire tracks we were following. We made no other attempt to get to this road which would probable have been possible by crossing the wash east of our camp at a place NE of camp. The true location of this camp will be