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Show 276 When he would go west of Bluff was when he would go out on the Navajo Mountains prospecting in the winter, or to trade with the Indians. R. 712. He couldn't tell when the next occasion was he went to Bluff; that is, he couldn't specify the dates but he went in 1908 and lived there for twenty years. He did some prospecting both before and after 1908, in Copper Canyon and in the Navajo Mountains west of Bluff on the south side of the river in the Navajo Reservation. Copper Canyon runs into the river at the mouth of Nokai. It is a tributary of the San Juan. When he went to the San Juan to live in 1908 he was at Bluff and moved to Mexican Hat in 1914 and traded with the Indians. R. 713- 714. The twenty eight pictures that he brought into court weren't picked out by him. They were picked out by Mr. Payne and he believes he has hundreds that show the river at low water and if he can find them he will bring them to morrow. He won't bring them all, but if Counsel wishes, he, ( Counsel) can go and pick them out. R. 715- 716. The pictures Mr. Payne selected were some he happened to have at his house in Denver but they were not all he has. There are two or three bundles of them that are all packed up in trunks and boxes. He knew he was going to be a witness about two months ago. He is interested in Patented Oil lands on the San Juan River but is not interested in any land that is not patented and has no leases from the Government. Some of his patents are adjacent to the river bed but are right along the river bed. |