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Show 837 upper ( part paTt ) of the river is principally gravel ( ani and ) the bank does not change much , but the ( channel channa ) below does . The ( particular paAicular ) part of the river ( thaif that' that ) he was working on was more gravel , and when ( he- he he ) was drilling they went through gravel ( nearly itearly ) all the , ( time -Lime Lime ) , and the holes ranged from twelve to forty ( feefr feet ) to bedrock . ( R . 3239-3240 . Further examination ( R . Vol . 17 , pp . ( 3240 3240i ) " . ( 3241 324-1 ) ) : During the period of ( twenty-two twentytwo ) years that he has been on the ( river rivei ) he believes that in 1898 the greatest number of men were ( working worhing ) in the stretch between Hite and the California Bar . This was when Mr . Stanton was building his dredge , ( and and- and ) building roads and so on , and he believes there ( we're were ) , in the neighborhood of 75 or 100 men in the ( river river- river ) * at that time . ( Most Alost ) of them were living in tents . . The Stanton Company did not bring in ( any ally ) ( sup- sup ) plies except for their own outfit , and the ( majority majority- majority ) of the ( men inen ) were working for the Stanton Company . Since 1898 ( , 9 ) for a ( long Iong ) while there were twelve ( men nien ) there that got mail from the Post Office , and ( some some- some ) of them lived in little houses , dugouts , ( and tand ) ( some soine ) in tents . They made houses out of ( willows -willows willows ) and plastered them . WILLIAM ( n R ) . NEWBY ( Por For ) Complainant ( Record , vol . 17 , pp . ( 3242-5201 3-942--3261 ) ) Resides at Greenriver , Utah ; occupation , farmer . . ( R . 3242 . ) |
