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Myotis
12 mi. E + 1 mi. S Fallon, 3950 ft., Churchill Co., Nevada.
December 24, 1939
Today, Mr. Vernon Mills &
Mr. W. H. Alcorn accompanied
me on a trip along the
foothills S + E of Fallon, Nevada.
The object of the trip was to
inspect all the caves
that could be found &
determine if possible whether
any bats were in these caves.
The first cave to be found
as we traveled south along
the hills directly east of
Stillwater was the largest.
This cave was over 150 ft
in depth. With flashlights
my father & I examined the
cave for bats while Mr. Mills
tracked a Lynx cat for
several miles in the snow
over the rough rocky
hills. We found no bats in
this large cave so we
continued south for about
a mile where we came
to a cave with an