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Show Raplee- RC 488 is right on the edge of the river. Q When you say wells you mean oil wells, don't you A Yes. MR. FARNSWORTH: That is all. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Just one or two questions. When you were working your placer claims, were there other people working with you? A Yes, three was two men besides myself. Q And where did they live? A Where do they live? Q Where did they live then? A They lived right there at the mine. Q In this house you speak of? A No, not the house I had washed away; lived in another little old rock house. Q Log house? A Rock house. Q These other men who had placer claims further down the river, what did they live in? A They lived on the rim rocks around, wall up the front of it and fix it up. Q Did they have any houses? A No, they didn't have any houses. Q They lived in tents. SPECIAL MASTR: Mr. Farnsworth, in answer to two of your questions I wasn't quite sure what the witness meant. I have a note that he said that in June, at a times of high water, 2454 |