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Transcription
Pearson
1950
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In the upper tunnel was an awake & in the
lower half of the tunnel . One more & in the
"danger keep out "tunnel . No bats in the big
git up the road , one & Cory awake in the not
dirt tunnel . Dayio & I went up to the Aetna
Abyss tunnel & looked through it thoroughly for
the first time . no bats , but it seems like a good
tunnel . Several pools of very clear water in it,
in old vertical shafts. Supper & slept at Pete Creek
where we saw Pipistrelles flying . Got raised on
during the night , & had real lightning & thunder.
In the Am drove up to Marketta Mines
& started through all the tunnels . No bats in Cotacachi
or OP tunnels . Found one & in Lucerne-like
tunnel , several & & a young & in Mangaita
tunnel ( 2 escaped ) , one & in upper Mangaita
(one blinded & escaped ) , 2 Corys escaped in the
Abyss tunnel , 1 escaped in well tunnel east of 20-house
hole . The 2 that we missed in the Abyss tunnel
were flying when we first saw them , & flew into
a little cubby hole quite close to the top. We
couldn't follow them there . In the Mangaita Tunnel
there was one torpid & & one torpid young &. All
the other bats we saw at Marketta were awake!
It was a overcast , fairly cool day . At Knoxville
we missed another quite awake Cory . Drove
home by 4PM. Kept all the bats for different purposes.