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Show 995 the river to go up over that rapid." R. 2357- 2358. That is what is called nosing the boat. He made this trip alone. R. 2358. After returning to Hite he spent that summer all by himself placering on the Olympia Bar, about thirty- five miles below Hite. " By the way, in making this trip up the river I was pretty badly run down, took me about all summer to get over that; I was pretty badly shot. I made the same trip afterwards and didn't hurt me near so bad, because I had different conditions." His nearest neighbor at that time was about three and a half mile away, and about fifteen miles away lived Cass Hite. After that summer he located at Red Canyon. R. 2358- 2359. He saw no other placer miners at that times, Mr. Adams being on his place in Red Canyon but not mining. When he went back up the river in the summer of 1908 some people were mining where he, Russell and Monette had done some placer mining. They mined for a while and then left by wagon from the old Stanton dredge. There was no one else there after they had left. After high water, he went up the river to Red Canyon with Mr. Adams. R. 2359. During the time he was there placer mining he obtained food by wagon from Hanksville or Greenriver, the supplies being brought to the river at Hite. " Q Then how would you go to Hite to get them? " A Dragged my boat up the river." R. 2360. " Q Mr. Loper, just describe Hite, Utah, as you saw it there in 1907. " A Hite, the post office at Hite consisting of two log cabins is at the head of a bar approximately two miles long, not very wide; some places, maybe a quarter of a mile wide; other places not so wide; and Trachyte creek comes down to the |
