17 Journal R.E Johnson 1968 March 11 Peavine Mtn, Washoe Co., Nevada (cont.) shaft descends westward from this judging from the continuing descent of rocks rolling to that side of the mine floor when thrown from above. The 3rd shaft is located 50 ft further north (uphill) & has caved in. No rosy finches could be seen or heard at these shafts even after considerable disturbance by rock throwing. & apparently no finches, at least at this time of day (9AM). In the vicinity of the shafts a Say Phoebe, several Mtn Bluebirds, and a Meadowlark were seen. A prospect can be seen up the slope to the E., but there is no shaft. Another prospect is located on the ridgetop above the first & to the north. Again - no shaft. I descended back down to the 3 shafts passing several Rufous-sided Towhees & a flock of Oregon Juncos in sagebrush, and then headed west up creek & ascended the ridge west of the creek. Up canyon on The east side of the creek a good sized horizontal shaft was seen but was not checked. From the top of the ridge just ascended low cliffs with caves in them could be seen on the ridge to the west of this one. I descended (west) into the creek & up this latter ridge at a point south of the cliffs & then continued down a dirt road to prospect holes. One was a short horizontal hole. Another was a deep [illegible] vertical shaft. No finches were present at either of these. A claim marker indicated the location as Sec. 31, T20N, R19E. The barbed wire fence mentioned earlier is just west of the road & ridgetop. The present