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Show 4618 Weber- D 2632 if we heavy loads, for instance, six or twelve horse loads, long stuff, we protected it by this windlass and let it down easy; it was an awful rocky ledge; it was steep, too; we got it down to the landing place. Q What character of gulch was that that you actually came down to the river in? A That is the only place we came down over, down into Camp Stone; we didn't come down any creeks or gulches at all. In other words, almost fall off a ledge there. We built a place to get to it. Q Where was that Wilson ledge with reference to Hite? A It is forty- six miles, as near as I can estimate it. Q How near was it to Bull Frog creek? A I never have been below that, but from what I can hear it is about three miles above Bull Frog rapids. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Did I understand you to say you built a road down from Hanksville to this? A No, just that particular one place on that ledge. Q There was a road there before? A The Hanksville Company, that was the title of that company that operated down there that dredge, they improved the road, made improvements on the road in order to get down. Q Before they mad improvements, had there been a road from Hanksville down to this point on the river? A I don't think so. |