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Show 3750 Stone- D 1771 the placer mining, were there any trails or roads constructed in the canyon? A In the canyon? Q Yes. A Or down to the canyon? Q No, in the canyon. A No. Q I mean for the purpose of traveling up. A Don't need to have a trail wherever there was a flood plane, one could walk on that without let or hindrance, except a few places where the willows were very thick. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q What kind of placer apparatus did they have in there? A At that time, your Honor? Q Rockers and cradles? A That is all. Q How did they take them down the river, in boats, or carry them down along the bank? A I think they carried them down along the bank, sir, I mean the lumber for the purpose of making sluices and cradles and that sort of thing. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Was Stanton's dredge in there at that time? A Not at the time I was there; that was put in the next year. |