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J.R.
Alcorn
1939.
Ovis
Aug. 13. Baxter Cr., 11,100 ft., White Pine Co., Nevada.
Wm Longhurst and I arrived at
this location (via horses) today and
set up a camp in an old
prospector's Cabin. Ralph Kauffman
of Baker, Nev.
and several of his associates say
that Mt. Sheep are in this
vicinity and Ralph K. says he
shot at one near here this
spring. He said it was too far
to tell whether it had
horns. These people give one
the impression that a person
should be able to kill a Mt.
Sheep with little difficulty
and thus know where the sheep
range but were unable to
go with us to hunt for them.
I am inclined to dis believe
they know much about it
and doubt if Kauffman ever
shot at a Mt. Sheep. I think
they are sorta spreading it. Dr.
Mr. Don Taylor (an old Lion Hunter)
told me he had hunted Mt.
Lion in this vicinity for several
years and has been above