October 1901 to May 8 1902

Oct 8th 

Moved on to Providence Mountain . 12 miles

Oct 18th Moved from Providence Mtn. to famous Devil's Playground 8 miles. 

Oct 28th  Moved on down the Wash opposite the main sand hills

Nov 5 Moved to mouth of the wash to the black Rock point. During our stay in the wash. I made 5 trips with a four horse team to Manual for supplies. 

The remainder of my time was occupied in hauling water from Marl Springs a distance of 35 miles to the Rock Point camp. 

15 Moved to Soda Lake which proved to be our last move in California. While in this camp made two trips to Ludlow and one to Arnalds camp on the Majava River. 

Nov 18 Andy joined me at Ludlow after

making a tour of all the principal cities from Salt Lake around to Los Angeles. 

Nov 19th Began our long and tiresome journey from Soda Lake Cal to Kieman Nevada a distance of 260 miles. Reached our destination Dec 1 at noon, a tired lot of men and horses we were sat up campe the same evening. 

December 31  Have located a line (?) -------- with the S. P. L. A. & S. L. R. R. from (?) to the Muddy. It was completed yesterday. Worked all day Xmas. On 29th made a trip to the Mills Ranck at St. Joseph after hay and grain. Got back yesterday evening. 

Sister made me a Xmas present of a very nice Silk Muffler. 

January 1st 1902

Wed. Spent first day of the new year in camp at Huntsmans (?) Ranch in the Meadow Valley wash waiting orders. 

Friday 3rd Rcvd orders to move on towards Pioche.

Sat. 4th began our march up the wash. Camped at Calientes. 

Sun. 5th The photographer took several snaps of us on our way. 

Jan 5

up the line.

Passed through Panaca about 2 pm and reached Delmen's ranch at 6 pm where we pitched camp to remain awhile. 

Had to chop our wagons and horses out of the ice on our way up the canyon. 

Mon. 6th Went back to Calientes after supplies. 

Tues. 7 In attempting to come across the hills from Panaca to avoid the ice, I found it further than anticipated and awhile after dark I ran up on a pond of ice which was on the old road and consequently was forced to stay out all night or until day light to see where I was. The pond turned out to be the Panaca reservoir located at the Eastern of the Delmean Ranch not over nine hundred feet from the farm house and our camp. 

Jan 7th 

I found I was within a half mile of camp but was compelled to go about five miles around to get there with the wagon

May 8th 1902

Have neglected writing in my diary since January 7th So will just briefly sketch what I have been doing since then. 

We finished work at Delmer's Friday Jan 17th and moved back to Calientes Where orders awaited us to move back into California and make some changes in the old line.