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J. Rodgers
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2mi.ESE Rock Springs, 4700 ft., Hanfai Vol.
San Bernardino Co., Calif.
June 6, 1938
Cataclaw knob which partially covered a
large boulder at the base of a pinto-
covered north facing slope. I got back
to camp by 11:30, and by 2:30 we were
packed and on our way to the next
collection locality. We went to Cima,
and then back up to Cedar Canyon,
where we returned south on the Eaux road.
We went down Black Canyon and toward
Essex.
Colton Well, 3200 ft., Providence Mts.,
San Bernardino Co., Calif.
June 7, 1938
Colton Well is in a narrow sandy wash in the
low eroded tip of a south projecting spur of
the Providence mountains. The major part of
the spur is flat topped (lava capped) and many
of the side projections of the spur are lava capped,
but the last mile or two of the tip has lost its
lava cap, and is eroded to rocky topped
hills. Colton Well itself is 27 feet deep and has
three feet of water in it at this time. There is an
old pump and gas engine at the top, a metal
water tank nearby, and a concrete tank in
a railroad tie and pipe small about 50 feet down
wash. Looking west and northwest from here
we see the very rugged Providence Mts. to the