Field notes, v1353
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April 29, 1950 Left Corvallis with Robt Storm and Don at about 8:30. Needed first out K-way 20 to Foster, then out road to Quartzville. Stopped first at Coal Creek, about 5 mi. E. (byroad) of Foster Bridge across Santiam R., Linn Co., Oregon. This is a rather steep-sided little canyon with slopes heavily- covered with Douglas Fir, Hemlock, and Alders. The soil is very gravelly and rocky, with heavy leaf litter and leaf mold. A heavy layer of moss covers much of the exposed surfaces, including trees, etc. Don tooks one Plethodon dunni from a loose rocky slide-face (slight seep here); Bob looks one Ensatina e. oregonae from beneath bank slab, & 2 L. dunni from beneath wood & rocks on soil. Drove on up Quartzville Road, paralleling Quartzville Creek, to Polley Mine (gold?) -- at bridge across Trout Creek where it joins Quartzville Creek. The Trout Creek is next one up canyon from Moose Creek locality mentioned in Bushop. (Moose Creek & Santiam River - should be Moose Creek & Quartzville Creek) The locality (Polley Mine) is 1/2 mile up Quartzville Creek from a Township marker which reads: Township 12 S, Range 3 E., Willamette Meridian between sections 98 & 6 (1/2 way between E. & W.) This area is heavily-grown with im-lumbered stand of Douglas Fir and Hemlock; near the (about 16.5 miles up Quartzville Rd. from Foster Bridge) (Go') (Linn Co.)