R.E.Johnson 1968 Journal March 9 Berkeley to Reno, Nevada After considerable wheel-spinning, I finally got away from Berkeley around 2 PM. My car door only flow open 6 times on the freeway between Berkeley & Davis. At that point I stopped & performed major surgery on the door. I arrived at Reno after dark and immediately drove west out of town on 7th St. (3 blocks north of US 40 or Interstate 80) to the southeast base of Peavine Mtn where Dr. Ned K. Johnson, John Spencer and others had observed rosy finches in mine shafts many times in the past. The city appeared to have moved westwards a considerable distance, altering the course of the road from that shown on the 1951 topographic map (Reno Quad, 15 min.). The road splits near a large concrete domed water tank. I took the right (up hill) branch & followed this to end - a large bulldozed area. Many less obvious roads had branched off from this one and another continued beyond the NW edge of the bulldozed area. With this general orientation I returned to Reno & called John Spencer (Phone: 322-1888; 1640 The Strand, Reno) to obtain further information as to the exact location of the shafts. He volunteered to meet me the next morning at his house and direct me to the area. Following the phone call I dashed to Squaw Valley to ice skate from 8:30 to 10:00 PM & then