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tion of Volcano Creek. In this some little difficulty was ex- 

 perienced, but after some quick and hard work along with a 

 good ducking for all of us the task was accompUshed. By turn- 

 ing the stream in this fashion one may select the deep pools, 

 bale them out with a bucket and in this manner one is enabled 

 to secure just the desired size of stock fish. My selection of fish 

 were from two to five inches in length, and we took in all about 

 750. Screens were placed over the cans and for the night the 

 cans rested in the creek. The obstruction in the creek consisted 

 of ten sacks of sand, a large canvas and a hat and one rubber 

 boot, belonging to one of my assistants. When these were re- 

 moved the little stream of Volcano Creek pursued its accustomed 

 course as though there had been no molestation. Golden trout 

 in this particular branch are in evidence in countless numbers, 

 but as a rule they are rather small. I shall make no attempt, 

 except in a brief way, at this time to speak of the geological 

 formation around and about Volcano Creek. However, I ex- 

 amined the sand, pebbles and rock in the creek bed and found 

 the sand to be of a fine grained gray granite mixed with a 

 cement or limestone. The entire Volcano Creek passes over 

 thousands of red malapai stones of small -size; the source of the 

 stream is a subterranean channel of clear, cold water of about 

 300 inches ; the formation, as a whole, surrounding this par- 

 ticular section, for quite a distance south and east, is of a 

 peculiar calico-tinted conglomeration in which red predominates. 

 Stratas of conglomerates and quartzite may also be seen, appar- 

 ently the only sedimentary rock formed before the uplift took 

 place in that locaHty. There are a great many people throughout 

 the country who are of the opinion that the golden trout will 

 change color in environments other than those to which the)^ are 

 native, and this transplanting should either verify or dispel that 

 conception, as the surrounding colors and formations where the 

 fish were placed are as diametrically different as could be im- 

 agined. 



On the 23d instant, at 6 :20 a. m., we left Volcano Creek on 

 our return trip and stopped for a late lunch and to rest the fish 

 at Big Cottonwood Creek. From here we proceeded to Carroll 

 Creek, a small stream of clear, cold water at the base of the 

 mountain on the east side and where the Hockett trail leading 

 toward Monache begins; we camped here for the night, and 

 upon looking into the cans the next morning we found three 

 small dead fish, which had in all probability been bruised in the 

 catching the day before. We left Carroll Creek at 5 -30 a. m. and 

 arrived at Independence at 3:00 p. m. of September 24th, and 

 stayed there for the night. On our journey to Independence we 



