Mayhew 1959 Journal Dec. 7 Deep Canyon Res. Station, Palm Desert, Riverside Co., Calif. This morning I took Mr. Sol Lesser, movie producer and major owner of Silver Spur Ranch, Mr. Ernest Alschuler, Vice-President of the Palm Springs Desert Museum, and Mr. Adrian Schwillk, manager of Silver Spur Ranch, up to the entrance of Deep Canyon to explain what the University of California has planned for the area. All of them seemed to be favorably impressed with our plans. Mr. Lesser went a meeting with Mr. Philip Boyd to discuss what they can do to assist the University of California in furthering the University's goals in that area. I expected to see work in progress on the fence, but nothing has been started yet. I left the Silver Spur manager out at Silver Spur Ranch, and took Mr. Lesser and Mr. Alschuler back to Palm Springs. After eating lunch with Mr. Alschuler at his home, I drove west of Palm Springs to get my monthly soil sample. The soil was fairly damp several inches beneath the surface, but not for any distance. No lime insects were seen, nor were any of their tracks seen.