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ASH MEADOWS TO KEELER* 7 



March 4 a party consisting of Mr. Bailey, Mr. Nelson, and myself, 

 leaving the Ash Meadows camp, set out for the great bend of the Col- 

 orado River. Our route lay through 1'ahrump Valley, Mountain Spring 

 Pass of the Charleston Mountains, Vegas Ranch, and the Vegas Wash. 

 We made the return trip to Ash Meadows, from March 12 to 10, by 

 way of Vegas Ranch, Towner's ranch, and the divide northwest of that 

 point. 



March 21 we broke camp at Ash .Meadows and took the trail to 

 Furmice Creefc, reaching there on the following day. On the 24th we 

 proceeded to Bennett Wells, and on the 25th to Johnson Canon, in the 

 Panamint Mountains. Here at an altitude of about 5,700 feet we 

 located a base camp, from which excursions were made to various ad- 

 jacent points, including a trip back to Furnace Creek Canon. 



April 11 we broke camp in Johnson Canon, packed over the sum- 

 mit of the mountains to Panamint, and camped at Brewery Spring in 

 Surprise Canon, about 2 miles below the town, where we remained four 

 days. We then moved camp to Hot Springs in Panamint Valley. 



April 24 the camp at Hot Springs was broken up, one party set- 

 ting out for Lone Willow Spring, en route to southern Utah, another to 

 Shepherd Canon, on the way to Owens Valley. I took the road to 

 Mohave, by way of Searles's, arriving there April* 20. 



From tins time 1 was absent from official duty until the evening of 

 May 9, when I took the stage from Mohave to Keeler, in Inyo County, 

 reaching the latter point after midnight, May.10. On the following day 

 Sergt. II. E.Wilkinson, then United States signal officer at Keeler, now 

 weather observer at the same place, kindly offered for the work of the 

 survey the office facilities of the signal station. For this and much 

 other assistance in hearty cooperation with its work, the expedition is 

 under great obligations to Sergt. Wilkinson. 



From May 11 to 17 1 stayed at Keeler, making collections in that 

 vicinity. 



From April 24 to May 47 Mr. Punston, in other parties of the expe- 

 dition, went from Hot Springs through Shepherd Canon, in the Argus 

 Mountains, to Maturango Spring, Darwin, Willow Creek Canon, and 

 Keeler. From May 23 to June 15 he was engaged in a trip from the 

 point last mentioned through Cottonwood Canon, across Mesquite 

 Valley to Grapevine Peak, and back to Keeler by the same route. 



June 18 Mr. Fnnston and I left Keeler for Willow Creek Canon, 

 following the trail over the southern end of the Inyo Range south of 

 Cerro Gordon Mountain. The following four days were spent in 

 making excursions down a spur of the Panamint liange into Panamint 

 Valley and Saline Valley, and on the 23d 1 returned to Keeler. 



From May 24 to June 10 I remained at Keeler, collecting and deter- 

 mining plants in that vicinity, and writing notes. 



June 11 to 13 I made an excursion to Crystal Spring in the Coso 

 Mountains, returning by way of Darwin. 



