After breakfast fixed up shack--shelves, benches, tools,
etc. Cleaned guns. Bud dressed Daddy's back which is much better.
Strong gold in test of ledge, I found below creek. Took more
specimens to sample. Cora comes in with a little black colt newly
born. Proud as a bull pup with two tails. Monte & Pete did not
come in so we went by lantern light a mile or so down the wash &
found them headed this way & snake them in to drink about 80
gallons of water apiece. Daddy tied up and howling like a demon
all the while. Bud took a bath.

June 12.

Bud got out and got breakfast again. Then started off on Pete
to hunt trail that makes short cut 18 miles to Bend. Roofed the
kitchen. Bud got back about 1:30, being gone 6 hours. Found trail
& two good ledges. Cora & colt came for water. Other burros did
not. Brought in specimens from ledge up creek that showed very
rich gold in tests. Burros came in at 9:30. Bud got up and tied
them up.

June 13.

Bud gets breakfast. I took Sway & brought in load of wood. Bud
went out and found a wash lined with good looking ledges. Hung up
white rags on bushes to identify same. Found large ledge of good
quartz showing fine in tests about one mile down wash. Bud
dressed Daddy's back. Located a claim west of Thompson's. Burros
did not come in except Cora & colt. Pete & Monte came separated.

June 14.