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J.D. Anderson
1958
Journal
June 11 Caribou, Modoc Co. to Burney, Shasta Co., Calif.
Probably would not have made it without the chains.
Met road crew from forest service who would not attempt
to go uphill. Passed up at Caribou & chose west on
Rt 299. Road runs thru Yellow Pine forest for a
few miles out of Caribou and then drops down to
Sagebrush flats near Aldin. Just out of Mulino it
goes over another ridge with good Heavy Pine - Fir
forest & drops to another smaller Sagebrush flat. North
of McClellan it again goes into Pine - fir which blends into
Digger - Pine - Blue Oak for awhile. Fast of real Juniper
Sage-brush country fades out between crossedout
Fall River Mills & Burney. Ate lunch in Burney
then tried to find a suitable camp near Lake
Britton but found it unsuitable. Country too open
not much timber and quite dry. The lake, though
large, does not look good for Ambystoma. Returned
to Burney & thence west on 299 to our first campsite
Transcribed: Burney, 4300 ft., Shasta county, Calif. This
locality is just west of Hatchet Summit (.5 mi. W on
spedometer). Set up camp here in tall Yellow Pine, Incense
Cedar, Douglas-Fir forest. Quite close to Rt. 299. After
getting camp organized I walked east towards the
summit turning logs & boards. Worked for 2 hours but
found nothing. A small stream runs E to W from
Summit & drains into a larger stream which in
turn runs thru a boggy meadow on the south
side of Rt 299. Most of my afternoon was