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Show 5637 87 3644 A Partly; it had watertight compartment in it; that is, it was tin, or copper airtight chambers, in the bow and in the stern right underneath the seat, and that was perfectly air-tight, and if your boat did not fill with water, it would not sink; if your airtight chambers did not fill up it would keep up. Q How was the stage of water on the second trip, as compared with the Wyschuhn trip? A Well, the Wyschuhn trip, I guess, was very near the peak of the high water. But the other one, it was after that, but I could not say exactly the month it was in. It was after the water had gone down considerably, but still we had plenty of water. Q Did you meet Mr. Spencer near Lees Ferry? A Yes, sir, we saw him. Q And what was he doing while you were there? A Well, they had a kind on dredge working; he said he was working the silt from the bottom of the river to get the gold values cut of it; what the result was, of course, I do not know anything about. Q Did Spencer have any boat there at that time? |