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5 Aug 1979 continued
closely while we examined him.
At the stream, rather a bit before
it, I noticed that the dead fawn
found on our previous expedition here
(24 July 1979) had been moved a few
feet, but was still under the same
tree, and had been somewhat more
consumed.
This afternoon, we proceeded to
hike up the canyon going N from
Plumley Mine, over a saddle, then
down into the next valley. About
1/2 way up canyon, encountered a
buzzing Crotalus mitchelli. We
explored the vicinity of the saddle
for spring # 232 - Pine Spring, but
were unable to locate it where
we believed it should be. (Probably
an error in placing it on the map.)
Found much evidence of cattle and
horses on the N facing slope and
ridge top, but not in the S
facing canyon, where we found much
evidence of deer. Located a spring
(the spring?) at the bottom of the
canyon (N facing). On the map, it doesn't
look like a canyon, but on the ground
it is a rather rugged canyon. The
spring was actually a stream, about