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December 7, 1926 - Today
we visited the Graveyard mine,
from which one of my boys brought
me bats last spring. The
Graveyard mine about a mile
and a half north of Divisadero.
It is a small T shaped tunnel
which is located about 50 feet
south of the south side of the
cemetery. It is on the west
side of the trail and about
40 feet back in the colon brush
where it leads back under
a steep hill. The mouth of
the tunnel was caved in.
By lying down on our stomachs
we were able to slide through
the narrow entrance. As I
poked my head in I saw
several small bats (probably
Micronycteris) fly from near the
entrance back toward the
face of the tunnel. It was
about 30 feet back to where
the two lateral tunnels
branched off at right angles
to form the T. These tunnels
were about 3 feet long. We
blocked the superior opening
with a mosquito net and
and proceeded with flash-