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Show 866 " Q. Then there were other persons besides yourself and Gill? " A. Not at that time." R. 2039. His placer mines were located at the place shown on the map as Zahn's camp. [ Page 15, Exhibit No. 10. R. 2039.] On his first trip, when he arrived at camp, he believes there were two steam engines and two centrifugal pumps that had been brought in prior to that time. These were owned by the Zahn Mining Company, and had been freighted in with a number of sluice boxes the year before, by his brother, [ Otto Zahn,] Mr. F. H. Lasher, and Captain Simondson. R. 2039- 2041. There was very little water in the San Juan River that year while he was there. It was rather shallow, not over waist deep as he was in it most every day, and would wade across. R. 2041. " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. How wide was the channel at that time? " A. Well, I should judge about two hundred feet. " Q. Waist deep most of the way? " A. No. " Q. How far? " A. In the main current it was about waist deep. " Q. About how far would that be? " A. About one hundred feet, maybe one hundred and twenty-five feet off- shore." R. 2041- 2042. During that time the water [ in the water] lowered to a depth, |