A.C. Bruce 1957 JOURNAL ELK VALLEY GUARD STA. 4300 FT. T.14N, R.4E, SEC.23, Del Norte Co, California Aug. 23 ARRIVED ABOUT 6:00 PM + SET UP CAMP. GOT [illegible] METAMORPHOSIS(?) SARANACE IN 4 INCH DEEP STREAM BEFORE CAMP WHICH IS APPARENTLY BLUE CREEK FROM SIGN ON BRIDGE. STREAM IS VERY SLOW FLOWING. ELK VALLEY HAS A MEADOW ABOUT 150 OR 200 YDS LONG + 100 YDS WIDE SURROUNDED WITH 80-100 FT. TALL FIRS OF SAME SORT + RED(?) CEDARS. THERE IS AN OLD FIRE GUARD CABIN IN THE MEADOW - APPARENTLY CLOSED FOR YEARS, THE BED OF BLUE CREEK PASSES THRU MEADOW BUT IS DRY THIS TIME OF YEAR APPARENTLY. AT EDGE OF MEADOW LABEL HAS WATER AS MENTIONED ABOVE + FLOW UNDER A BRIDGE NEARBY + DOWN A FLATTISH ROCKY BED. MEADOW IS DRY WITH SOME SPARSE GRASS IN MOST SPOTS BUT WITH RATHER THICKER GRASS IN OTHERS. THERE ARE A FEW CLUMPS OF WILLOWS IN SPOTS THERE ALSO. WE MET A LUMBER CO. OWNER - MR. LAMBSON OF LAMBSON LUMBER CO., WHO WAS AT THE MOMENT PRODUCING FOR CHROME ORE WHICH HE SAYS CAN BE FOUND BY ITS BROWN'S NEEDLE". HE BUDDOSES INTO SPOTS WE SEE THEN PICKS THE AREA UP FROM TO SEW - HE GAVE SOME INFO ABOUT ANIMALS. DID NOT KNOW CITRULLUS LATECANIS OR PHENACOMYS LONGICAVOUS BUT DID KNOW FLYING SQUIRREL. DO NOT THINK MARMOTS OCCUR SO MORE. HE SAID BEAR, OTTER + 1 ELK WERE IN AREA.