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[[underlined]]Broom Mtn. Camp[[/underlined]]

[[underlined]]Sept. 25[[/underlined]]- Continued S.W. about 10 miles over open grassy valleys between juniper & nut pine ridges, past one Mexican ranch and camped by an arroya. There is nothing to locate the camp by except Broom Mtn., a flat topped mesa 3 or 4 miles to the S.E. but we are some 15 miles S.W. of Acoma.  The valley we are now in seems to be one of the head waters of the arroya called on the Land Office map Rio Colorado. A deep dry gulch cuts through the valley but we found water in old channel holes at one side, muddy, but good rainwater. The valley is wide and covered with grass & weeds, lots of Helianthella & Atriplex, but is not much alkaline. The low side ridges are covered with nut pines & junipers & a little blue oak & occasionally a few Quercus gameli. In several places we passed strips of yellow pines on cold slopes and on the higher ridges to the west we see ranks of tall yellow pines. We are close to the upper edge of Upper Sonoran, but most of the plants & mammals belong to the zone.