California Condor Eben D. McMillan 10 June 1964 has water in its bed after one jets into the Canyon about Two miles. The water is highly mineralized with Salts and Gypsum that has washed from the hillsides, most of which appear well mineralized and rather marginal as far as grazing land would be judged. Cottonwood trees grow in the bottom of the Creek Valley in several places, but not within two miles of highway 33. West of the Ranch Buildings about five miles, high, Chaparral Covered hills rise up to a good height and many rocky masses could be made out about the summit of these peaks. I met Mrs. Marvin Jones at the Christie Ranch buildings. Her husband, Marvin Jones, has worked on this ranch for about three years and was here when Kenneth Mattern was an employee here last spring. Mr. Jones was looking at a feed-lot in the Valley today and would not return until this evening. Mrs. Jones had never heard of Condor before and had trouble remembering the name having to re-ask me several times. She said that Mr. Dyle Christie, who owns the property that Comprises Some 50 thousand, plus, acres, lives here at the Ranch Part of the time. When not here he resides in San Francisco. According to Mrs. Jones, Mr. Christie has been coming to the ranch for many years and has a keen interest in all wildlife. He allows no one to shoot any of the Quail, or rabbits, on the Ranch, nor does he allow the Government trapper to come in and trap Coyotes. She said that he does-