Alaska Catalogue and Journal, v4402
Page 209
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Cade 956 General Account 9 August - Ran traps in moving and took the coal men out for a survey of the area. S Stirred and wrote notes in the afternoon. Took up traps on T2 and T8 in the evening. 10 August - Set out traps on T1 and T3 in the morning. Took Twatters and Slatchers in weasel up wiles and across some dried up channels to an outwopping across their views - in afternoon. They found coal. We exposed the veins in a Kalamazoo and they took samples. Ran the lines in the evening. 11 August - Ran lines in the morning. Worked on weasel in afternoon - cleaning out fuel line and sediment bowl. Ran lines again in the evening. Twatters and Dutchies got off to Bassaw around 1600. 2 August - Ran lines in the morning. S Stirred in afternoon, and ran lines again in evening. 3 August - Ran T1 and T3 for the last time and took up the traps in morning. S Stirred in the afternoon. 4 August - Set out traps on T5 and T7 in the evening. 5 feet west of the clay, heading and vesting. 5 August - Ran trap lines in the morning. Coaseheimer, the wildlife artist (illustrator of Buss's mammal guide) came in with some AF people from Ladd. Took him out for a tour in the weasel during the afternoon. He got observation pictures and collected a few specimens. I was for targets to catch a live Givastomys by hand for him. They also wanted to take back for sketching. Ran the traps again in the evening. 6 August - Ran traps in morning and evening and Stirred in between. 7 August - Ran traps in the morning and took them up in the evening. Got a description of T7. 18 August - Spent the day cleaning up the quarters and packing stuff for return to Bassaw tomorrow. A party from the Arctic Survival school at Ladd arrived today.