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Show 5562 Hite- D 3570 12 little, and they really never developed anything. Q Approximately now many men were around North Wash? A Six or eight. Q Did they have any extensive mining equipment? A No, they did not. Q Picks and shovels and pans? A yes, sir. Q How long did you continue there on the Colorado A From December, 1888, September, 1896, nearly eight years. Q That is September, 1896/ A Yes, sir. Q Well, during the time you were in there, was there any substantial change in the character of the mining on the river? A The only change that I can recall that was of a substan-tial and expensive nature was the putting in of a current wheel to raise water up on the Good Hope Bar; we had a forty-five foot current wheel that was operated by the current. We dug a canal about half a mile long through the point of a bar |