Journal R.E.Johnson 1968 March 10 Peavine Mtn, Washoe Co., Nevada (cont.) rediviva; Spiny Hop Sage - Grayia spinosa (young leaves are grey & have cauliflower pattern. In spring the bush looks reddish yellow due to colored flower bracts); Curl-leaf Mahogany, Cercocarpus ledifolius; Rabbit bush, Chrysothamnus (silver stems). Ephedra & Desert Peach enter rapidly after a fire & are often indicators of a past fire (Ephedra stump sprouts). Sagebrush does not reenter as rapidly. We dropped down the hill to several diggings & explored each. One hole was perhaps 15 feet deep & made of soft dirt. John said it was once deeper & had since caved in. It had once had a few rosy finches roosting in it & they had also found 2 dogs on the bottom of it; apparently they had fallen in. We explored the area around the marsh & dam just south of this hole & then took the above mentioned road east & through the fence to the area I had been to when I got up this morning. We hiked up the ridge I had ascended early, passed the small horizontal shaft & on up the ridge. We then descended the canyon to the east & followed it up to the mine dump I had seen earlier. There was no shaft. Nearby we heard a Rock Wren calling from a west facing rocky slope at 1:30 PM. We ascended the west slope of the canyon, crossed the top of the ridge &