Weston 1946 Journal 28 1 mi S of Virginia June, 1900' July 12 - at Dale, Joshua Tree Natl Mon, San Bernardino Co., Calif. Back at camp after several hours of very poor reptile collecting we broke camp. I saw no mammals of any kind, Dr. S. saw one cottontail rabbit. Two species of birds, desert sparrow and plumbeous quartcatcher were the only kinds I saw. About 9:45 a.m. we started back toward 29 Palms. About 1/2 + miles along the road we stopped to look over some sandy soil. We were just by the Virginia Dare Mine, which appears to be quite an establishment, visible just to the NE of the main road. There Dr. S. shot a Dipso saurus but saw nothing else. In a vertical mineshaft just SW of the road, possibly 150 + ft I saw a barn owl. The shaft was too deep to see bottom. Back in the car we drove on into 29 Palms getting there about 11 a.m. We got our lunch, a watermelon 1/2, and went out by the 29 palm trees to eat. About 1:30 p.m. we went back to town where Dr. S. phoned M.V.Z. to find out whether Dr. A.H. Miller was coming out. He found out