Journal R.E.Johnson 1968 March 12 50 - Lassen Co., Calif. to Berkeley, Calif. (cont.) described by Miller & Twining (Condor, 45:78; 1943). However their description leaves the avid rosy fincher with 2 problems. (1) They base their triangulation on the mines on the "town" of Chats. But just where is Chats? (2) Due to a misprint, the triangulation reads "2 miles south + 3 miles north of Chats." Do we add these algebraically or what!? Oh, well. With the 1st problem in mind I went to the general store in Chilcoot & the lady suggested I see a tombstone maker who had seen the rise & fall of most everything in the whereabouts. However Mr. Tombstone had never heard of Chats. So back to Halleluja Jct & the man there was equally ill informed! An important town like Chats — vanished & unremembered! However both men agreed that there were a number of vertical shafts at a mine in sight, to the SE from the Jct. So I drove south to the 1st mail box (rt.) & turned left (east) up a dirt road. SE of this turn of 3 mine dumps can be seen in sequence up the mtn. Looks encouraging. However My Trusty VW slithered & squished to an unhappy stop in a muddy ditch on a hill only 2/3's of the way to the mine. After a half hour extraction process, I hiked on up the road to the