In the fall of 1911, during the mining of some two hundred fifty tons of bat guano for fertilizer in a cave about
twenty-two miles southwest of Lovelock, Humboldt valley, west central Nevada, numerous well preserved ancient Indian objects
were discovered. Many of these were lost or destroyed; some went to the Nevada Historical Society in Reno; and the remainder
passed into private possession. After the commercial exploitation of the cave had ceased, the University of California sent L.
L. Loud to the cave to conduct archaeological excavations. Between April 1 and August 1, 1912, he obtained, unassisted, 10,000
specimens from the cave. This collection was divided between the University of California and the Nevada Historical Society.
The lack of assistance and the fact that one of the joint claimants of the cave prohibited work in his end of the cave made
stratigraphic work not feasible. An outstanding feature of Mr. Loud’s collection was profuse textile material, which included
over 1500 fragments of basketry and 1400 of matting, the total of 3324 pieces weighing 121 pounds.
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The Legend of the Red Headed Giants