Thaelu 1960 Journal p. 4 Apr. 11 (cont) Around Schaffer Mtn to Secret Valley, Lassen Co., Calif just west of Schaffer Mtn. Noted numerous gopher mounds along the road as we ascended the gradual slope and set traps at several places! up from the valley, About 3 mile after turning onto this road it crossed Willow Creek, here we saw gopher workings on the flat land adjacent to the stream. After this the road climbed steeply for about 80' then less steeply completely for the next mile. This area is covered with rock; dark, pitted - of volcanic origin I suppose. Between the rocks grass and sage grow to some extent but the area in general appears unfit for gophers. After a mile or so we turned right, and took another right after about 2 more mile. This brought us to a halt on the west rim of Balls Canyon which flanks Schaffer Mtn (walked) on the northeast west. We climbed down into the canyon but although there were some flat land at the bottom saw no signs of gophers. We turned around and drove back taking the left fork to the left. Eventually we approached Secret Valley. Our preprevious trips had been slow - 3 to 7mph, but the descent into the valley was really slow. The road was so washed out that it took us about 20 min. to negotiate about 100 yards. Once we reached the valley floor we proceed north towards Karls. This valley was covered with sage and no gophers were in evidence. About a mile from Karls the road was washed out so we turned back around and eventually reached U.S. 395 at the southern