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Show ( Novor Never ) saw any men go 900 up the river in ( bouts boxts ) ( very- very 'very- very ) far ; too hard work ; they would rather go out by trail . ( R . ( 3510-3519 3516-3519 ) . ) While ( he lie ) was down there in 1893 and 1894 he believes that Mr . Raplee was working ( claims clainis ) , there , but he was only acquainted with his [ ( Raplee's Raplees ) ] partner , a man by the name of Charles Bullock . He ( doesn't doesnt ) remember having any personal contact with Mr . Raplee . He ( doesn't doesnt ) personally know whether they had boats or not . ( R . 3519-3520 . ) He knows that some of the miners working in there ( didn't didnt ) have boats . ( R . 3520 . ) Most of them had boats . Got supplies from Bluff , either pack horse or wagon ; usually ( didn't didnt ) go by wagon , because the road was pretty rough . ( R . 3520 . ) In September , 1894 , when he took the scow down the river from Bluff he only had a few supplies , but he did take some down , and when he started on down the river with the four boats , they were fairly well loaded with their machinery and equipment . He figured all of the material on the larger boat would weigh about a ton , and the small boats had a lesser load . When he went down the Colorado ( Hiver River ) in August or September , 1907 , there was some rapid water right at Castle Creek , also some between Castle i Creek and Moab ; but he had no in . his boat through . ( R . 3521-3522 . From his knowledge of that stretch of the river between Castle Creek and ( Moab Aloab ) he believes it would be possible to take boats fourteen or fifteen |