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terest and assistance given. I brought some of the trout from 

 Little Kern and have two plants in streams near here. 



I will probably be in the mountains a few weeks longer and 

 then will be at Fresno. If it is of any interest to you I will 

 arrange a map and forward it to you showing exactly where we 

 planted golden trout. 



Again thanking you kindly, 



Very sincerely, 



S. L. N. Ellis. 



Fresno, January 18, 191 1. 



Mr. W. E. Colby, 



Secretary Sierra Club, San Francisco, CaHfornia. 



Dear Mr. Colby: In reply to your letter of December 30th, 

 inclosing maps : 



I am now sending you a report of the work accomplished, also 

 map showing the locations of the plants made with golden trout. 

 The successful planting of Copper Cafion Creek is a source of 

 great pleasure to me, for I've annually hoped to do that for 

 the past ten or twelve years. This task took six days from 

 the Upper Whitney Meadows and in climbing the mountain from 

 Lone Pine Meadow up Lone Pine Creek, it took two hours and 

 forty minutes to cover a distance of about one half of a mile. 

 Nearly every pack mule fell with his load and we had to carry 

 the cans ourselves. In my past summer's work I was assisted 

 by two boys, E. C. Ferguson and Ray C. Ellis. They were ready 

 and tireless in assisting me in the successful work. 



The plant in Copper Canon will furnish us an easy supply 

 of golden trout to further distribute in the barren waters of 

 Kings River, hence its great importance. 



The past summer was not an ideal one for fish planting in 

 the very high altitudes on account of the frequent and very hard 

 summer storms. 



We now have plants in easy reach of the unplanted waters 

 of the Big Kern, and as soon as they multiply sufficiently to 

 allow taking them, we hope to finish planting all barren waters 

 east of Big Kern with golden trout. 



I want to thank you, also the Sierra Club, for the keen interest 

 manifested by you all in our work, and hope that our hopes and 

 desires may all come true. Very sincerely yours, 



S. L. N. Ellis, 

 Deputy Fish and Game Commissioner. 



