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Show 993 I think, and is still there; we made a trip through it this month, the same place." R. 2353. He went to Hite and Glen Canyon in 1907, and stayed there until 1915. He went back again in 1916, and then came out again in the same year. He made one trip out in 1914, but went back again. " I had my place there all the time." He was there for about eight years. At that time he, Mr. Monette and Mr. Russell went down to the old Stanton dredge, which is located about forty- two miles below North Wash, and after taking out a little gold that was placer mined they went back to Hite. At Hite they were 125 miles from a railroad, so the provisions and supplies that he had sent for had to come by freight team. He then went down to Lees Ferry, where he was supposed to meet Mr. Russell and Mrs. Monette, but on arrival discovered that they had gone on down the Grand Canyon with an Arizona engineer. R. 2354- 2355. He pulled his boat back up the river form the Stanton dredge back to Hite. This was in November [ 1907]. " It took me - must have taken me five days, [ to make this trip] because I didn't know how to rope a boat then like I got to learn afterwards; I couldn't make the time." R. 2355. In going back up the river, he towed the boat ninety per cent of the time. When he started down the river from Hite he went direct to Lees Ferry; that was the beginning of the next year [ 1908]; the first day of the new year. It took him five days to make that trip, from Hite to Lees Ferry. During the trip he grounded numerous times and ran on to rocks in several places, " but the most serious one was in Shock rapid", which is about |