R. J. Raist 1956 41 Journal Elko, Elko Co., Nevada June 23 Elko at 12:45 headed for the Coon Creek road in the Jarbidge Mts. We drove north on State Hwy. 11 toward Mountain City for about 50-55 miles and turned off to the east just a few miles of North Fork. We drove on a dirt road through [illegible] Charleston and up onto Coon Creek Summit. The total journey took about 3 hours. We had planned to camp near Coon Creek summit and work there for the several days remaining but the country did not look particularly good and there was no apparent place to camp so we drove back to Elko, ate dinner and slept on the Nevada Fish and Game bunkhouse. The Coon Creek Summit area contained far less timber than we had expected. There were a few stands of mixed Limber Pine and Alpine Fir, but the area was mainly covered with thick Aspens or open sagebrush. There are a few meadows in Copper Basin just below the summit to the south but they are on the property of a mine. There was very little snow to be seen and the road was fair. east side Spruce Mtn., 8400 ft., Elko Co., Nevada June 24 On the advice of Gordon Gullion we decided to spend our last few days collecting on Spruce Mtn. which is an isolated mountain mass several miles east of the Ruby Mountains. We left Elko at about 7 AM, drove to