worse. High fever & very restless & flighty. Imagines much
trouble with automobile, talk very technical & can't make head or
tail of it. Monte & Pete did not come in, left soon as turned
loose. No feed for them here & figured Bud too sick to travel or
stay alone so horses useless at present. Sponged frequently with
coolest water can get, seems to give some relief as he is quieter
afterwards.

July 4th.

Monte & Pete came in the night & hung around all day. Drove
them away from vicinity of shack several times but they returned
& moped in shade of house. Terrible hot, strong gusty wind. Bud
sat up part of day, slept rest of time. Looks very thin and great
hollows under eyes, but chief trouble seems to be, no cigarettes.
Shade over radishes & lettice works all right. Watered copiously
at daylight & again at dusk. Doing fine. Fixed fence which M & P.
broke down while tramping around. Prospected west of ranche.
Found enormous ledge of black quartz, looks like sulphur stem
during volcanic era but may be iron. Strong gold & heavy
precipitate in test, silver test poor but on filtering showed
like white of egg in tube (unusual). Clearing iron out showed for
gold the highest yet made, being more pronounced with
Fenosulphate than $1500 rock have seen. Immense ledge of it &
slightest estimate from test at least $10. Did not tell Bud as
keeping for surprise when he is able to visit ledge. Very
monotonous since Bud has been sick. Bud woke up & said Hell of a
Fourth & turned over & went to sleep again with mosquito net over
head to keep off flies. Burros came in after dark, all but Cora &
Colt, which arrived about midnight. Daddy gone since yesterday