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Lee Arnold
near Smith Creek Cave, White Pine Co, Nevada
1937
Itinerary
June 3,
Eutamias escaped before we could catch
it, however. This morning we went through
the Lehman Caves (just outside of Baker). They
were very interesting inasmuch as I have never
been in a cave of that type. We did not see
any bats in the cave. This is probably due
to the presence of people in the cave, the
comparative recent opening of the cave, and the
fact that bats of this region have many caves
to choose from. From here we went to Baker
for Johnson to get a line on where we could
camp and where we could get horses if necessary.
We arrived at our present camp site at
about 2:30 P.M. Just as we were entering the
canyon we saw a single Prong-horned Antelope.
This mammal ran across in front of the car,
up the side hill and across the desert. By
the time we got out of the car and up the
hill the antelope was over several hundred
yards from us. When we appeared on the
horizon the antelope stopped and looked at
us.
near Smith Creek Cave, 5,800 ft.,
Mt. Moriah, White Pine Co, Nevada.
June 4
Yesterday after setting up camp I set out a
line of 100 traps. These were in a direct
line down the middle of the canyon from
a spot directly north of camp. Our present