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Show 1106 He left Lees Ferry, " I think it was about the first of September, 1911." After that he went up to Paria. He stayed there until Christmas. None of the machinery of in operation at the time he left. R. 2606 The Charles S. Spencer boat, at the time he left was tied to a sand bar at Lees Ferry. He does not know whether the boat was ever operated after he left there. He left Lees Ferry by wagon and went to Paria, Utah, which is about forty miles from the town of Tropic, Paria Creek, where they had another camp. The supplies brought into Lees Ferry from time to time were brought in on a wagon from Flagstaff. R. 2606 While he was at Lees Ferry to his knowledge, they never got any supplies from either up or down the river by boat. R. 2606- 2607 While at Lees Ferry he saw a small row boat, that the Kolb brothers had there for two or three days at the camp, but except for their own boats they saw no others. " Q. when you went up to this town of Paria what did you do up there? " A. We were mining, had the same kind of mining operation there we had down below, at Lees Ferry, the same company; we operated up there with an amalgamator, and tried to save gold out of the hills and silt beds, you know." R. 2607 He had charge of the amalgamating process at both camps |
