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Show 3523 1545 Dellenbaugh- D 34 they waited there to see what report we would make as to mineral possibilities up the river. Q My question was, in all of the river clew down to Lee's Ferry did you encounter any boats? A No. Q And just these two prospectors? A Yes. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q You saw no prospectors between Cataract canyon and San Juan river? A No, no prospectors between above Flaming Gorge and the Crossing of the Fathers, about nine hundred miles. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Mr. Dellenbaugh, you arrived down there about what time of the year? A At Kanab? Q Yes. A We arrived there -- some of us stayed at Houserock springs about four weeks. Q What is this place? A Just simply a spring. In the southwest springs are very important. This was a spring that had been discovered some years before, and was called Houserock spring because a couple of fellow had slept under some rocks there and marked it on top, " Rock House Hotels. So it was called that, to identify it. |