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Itinerary
Edge
1934
June 30th Contd. Put out 3 double gopher sets
North of camp about 7:00 am, took two
T. quadratus by 1:00 p.m.
This Camp is located in what
appeared to be the upper part of
the Pinyon belt in steeply rolling
country of alternate ridges and
narrow valleys. The hillsides near
the camp have a fairly dense growth
of Pinyon pines, the valleys support
a more or less dense growth of
Artemesia with some Chrysothamnum
scattered here and there - On some
of the higher and rocky hillsides only
a meager growth of low Artemesia
occurs. On the highest summits
Mountain Mahogany occurs - The
pail varies - In the valleys there
may be sandy loam, on the
hillsides this is mixed with a
great deal of fragmented rocks.
On the sides of the ridges and on
the tops frequent outcrops of a
volcanic type of rock can be found.
Water is not abundant but an
occasional spring or seepage
appears and in their vicinity a
small patch of meadow usually