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Minnietta Wash - spose it is a Chuckwalla.  Saw no mammals & very few birds.

[[underlined]] March 28. [[/underlined]]  Took the mule & started up to Panamint before daylight for the mail.  Found the road all washed to pieces & rather a hard trip.  Did not get back to Hot Springs till 1 oclock, ate some lunch & hitched up & started around by Wild Rose.  Traveled slowly through stony washes without any road.  It grew dark & I camped in the wash without feed or water.
A cold day.

[[underlined]] March 29. [[/underlined]]  Found the horses in cañon about a mile above camp where a fence had been put across.  Followed up the cañon to Wild Rose Spring where a 4 stamp mill stands.  Watered & talked awhile with the old miner there & went on.  Turned out of the wash & crossed some ridges & down another wash to Emigrant Spring & camped.  Came about 20 miles I guess.  The road is all gone in the wash & it is all a bed of stones.  A slow road to travel over.  Was in good grass most of the day but found very little feed at the spring.
A cold day, was cold with a blanket around me riding.