Field notes, v1703
Page 383
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Theeler 1960 Journal p.9 Apr.14 (sat) Elysian Valley, 5.3mi.S, 0.3 mi E Johnsterville, Lassen Co, Calif Together right outside our tent last evening. The wind of the previous 12 hrs or so brought a little rain and snow at elevations about 500's above us. As I checked some other traps nearby this A.M. I came across a porcupine wandering around in a field. Together we managed to get him into a box and nail some slats on it. We drove out of the valley at about 10:30 and headed back toward Gold Run Creek. There are lots of gopher mounds in the tongue of the Henry Lake Valley that reaches up S of the range of hills that terminate in Bald Mtn. to the East. We got out 3 set at the head of this valley on the Mountain Meadow Ranch, Jack Cleana's Boys Camp. This locality is 3.0mi. S Johnsterville, 4440+ ft Lassen Co., Calif. We got another redout near Peter Hassen's grave- a big almost certainly gopher working, T. laurenti. Upon returning to Latices' placem Gold Run Creek we found we had a good series of T. battae and one T. monticola in the Western-most four sets. (farther up the valley) On our return to the Elysian Valley asked a number of people about the location of the old Faulkner ranch. This is a locality along Gold Run Creek where Dr. Brinnell collected T. battae in about 1930. One (Mrs. Holms) woman we spoke to said she remembered them and