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Show 5654 104 3661 A No, sir. Q Have you ever done any drilling outside of your connection with this Government party? A No, sir. Q I wish you would tell me, please, about losing that drill down there, just what happened and when it happened? A It was anchored on barges in the center of the river when the flood water cam on the occasion, I speak of, the debris coming down with the floods broke he barges, the casing that they were drilling through with the diamond drill, and as I remember now, the barge were washed down the river on the side of the bank, on the right hand side going down, and the diamond -- not the drill part -- was recovered, but it would soon that the casing that was down in the ground was lost. But the flood waters bringing down the debris from upstream is really what caused the casing to be broken off and lost. Q Well, after this occurrence was this outfit taken out? A Yes, sir. Q And in what manner was it taken? A The stream boiler, as I recall, was equipped on one of |