A.C.B6502 1957 Journal MOUNTAINESE MINE, T. 23, R. 24E, RIVERSIDE CO, CALIFORNIA JUNE 14 (cont.) DROVE DOWN HI-WAY 95 FROM NECOLAS + 2.6 MI. BY ROAD TURNED RIGHT INTO THE BASE OF RIVERSIDE MTS. ON A SORT OF A ROAD THAN THE GRAVEL + ROCKS. Drove JUST 1 MILE + CAME TO THE MOUNTAINESE MINE. SOMEONE HAD JUST CLAIMED IT AS "MOUNTAINESE MINE" OR RECLAIMED IT SINCE IT HAD BEEN IN OPERATION [illegible] YEARS AGO + MUST HAVE CLOSED DOWN QUITE A WHILE BACK) A SIGN AT END OF ROAD SAID, "A NEW SIGN AT TURNOFF ON HI-WAY SAID "NEW ERA MINE" KEEP OUT" BUT IT WAS RATHER SMALL + WAS FACING N-BOUND TRAFFIC ENTERING THE ROAD. WE WENT IN A COUPLE OF SHALLOW OR SHORT MINES BUT SAW NOTHING. THEN INTO ONE WITH A PROCKED PATH AT ENTRANCE - THIS ONE WAS QUITE EXTENSIVE - GOING IN ABOUT 150-200 FT + DOWN, BY LADDERS, ABOUT 5 150x20 FOOT LEVELS. ALSO 1 LARGE "CHIMNEY" WENT UP 30 FT. AT LEAST. MINE WERE NOT BEING WORKED, COULD SEE BAT DROPPINGS IN MANY SPOTS ALONG FLOOR OF CAVE INDICATING SOME ROOSTING. DR QUAY WENT DOWN THE LADDERS TO VARIOUS LEVELS + FOUND THE MUMMIFIED MACROTUS ON EARTH LEVEL - SEVERAL MORE THAN THE 5 SANGO WHERE SEEN BUT PROBABLY DEAD. ONLY PART OF A MACROTUS(?) MUMMY WAS FOUND ON THE MAIN LEVEL. AT LEAST 5 WERE FOUND ON SECOND LEVEL + MORE BELOW. BAT DROPPINGS WERE SEEN AT LEAST ON SECOND LEVEL. DR. QUAY ALSO FOUND A