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Edge
1934
Itinerary
July 6th The river - now taken.
July 7th Took up the Bsteel traps - no results.
Broke Camp after Breakfast and
proceed via Alington to Shurz. The
road was thru the valley - many
Alfalfa fields with occasional waste
lots until we started over a
low range of hills about 12
miles NW of Shurz - this type of
country lasted until almost into
Shurz - The vegetation was dominantly
Atriplex of dwarf growth on
the slopes and hill sides.
Camp was established 3 mi S of Shurz
4100ft., Mineral Co., Nev.
45 traps (govt) were set out 7 mi NW
of Shurz, 4500ft., Mineral Co., on sandy
slope mixed with a small fragmented
black rock - the vegetation was low-
Atriplex.
9 traps govt were put out N of Camp
in Sandy soil good growth of Atriplex
Received first mail of the trip this
afternoon.
July 8th 45 traps, 7 mi. NW Shurz, 4500ft., yielded
9 mammals as follows: 6 Perog. longimembrio
2 Dip. Microps levipes, 1 O. l. brevicandus. No
black microdipods as predicted by Russell.