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December 8, 1926- We
entered the San Jose mine which
is located on the south bank
of the Rio Seco and about one
half of a mile down the river
from the cemetery. It is perhaps
one hundred yards down stream
from where the trail
crosses the river; the trail leads
to San Carlos. There were
many loose trees along the bank
at this place, but it was
open beneath, therefore we
had no trouble locating the
mouth of the tunnel. As usual
with mines in the Divisadero
region, the mouth had caved
in, there making a 20 foot
wall with a rocky face
above the opening of the mine.
On this wall I saw a little
black bat which was probably
Saccoteryx. It flitted away before
I could shoot it. When I flashed
my light into the tunnel
many small bats, Glossophaga, shot
out past me and were lost in
the trees. There were two
openings into the tunnel. One
had water in it and we could
not enter there. The other was