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Smiley
1936
July 23 outcrops, some ten feet high, 30
(cont.) feet long; some outcrops even with
ground's surface and position
indicated by checker-like pieces
of rock talus; each checker
about 1-2 inches square and 4 inch
thick. Atriplex major plant.
20 traps on semi-hard sediment
(Silt) very light tan in color; major
plants Atriplex, Sarcobatus and very
little Artemesia.
July 24 Caught 5 Dipodomys microps, ♯
1 Onychomys, 1 Neotoma lepida, 3 Perognathus
longimembris, 2 Peromyscus maniculatus,
9 Peromyscus crinitus. Drove south
along eastern side of valley 50 miles
to Sulphur, Nev. Camped in
mouse
old Hotel. Set 30 traps at: (1)
9½ mi. N Sulphur 4050ft, Humboldt Co., Nev.
This in area of sand with small,
nari-colored pebbles over the surface of
the sand; pebbles 1 to 2 mm. in diameter.
vegetation: mainly Atriplex. set
50 mouse traps at: (2) 1½ mi. N Sulphur,
4050ft, Humboldt Co., Nev. wind blowable
sand in a single, large dune structure
15 feet high x 100 ft. wide x 600 ft. long