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2 mi. W Smith Creek Cave, 6,300 ft., Mt. Morley White Pine Co.
Lee Arnold
Nevada
1937
Itinerary
Junely Yesterday we moved camp to 2 miles west of the original camp opposite the cave. We are now camping a few feet from Smith Creek in a grove of Willows. This grove covers the entire flat area of the canyon which I would say is 100yds wide and about 20 acres in extent. About 500 yards west of camp the creek branches. Deadman Creek comes in from the south while Smith Creek continues in a NW direction. The volume of water coming down Deadman Creek is about threefold that of Smith Creek at point of junction. Our camp is on the south side of the canyon. A slope covered with small and medium sized broken rocks rises directly to the south while the north slope of the canyon is almost straight up and down and is characterized by large masses of metamorphic rock. In many places the strata can be easily seen where the rock outcrops. It is interesting to me that the south and north walls of this canyon should differ so greatly at this point. Wild Rose seems to be the dominating shrub beneath the willow trees of the grove. The only bird life at present in the grove seems to be Western Warbling Vireos. Several of these small birds are foraging among the trees.