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Show 4624 Weber- C 2638 Q Yes. A Seven- foot bottom, I should Judge about twenty or twenty- two feet long. Q What kind of supplies did you see hauled in that scow? A Coal, and anything they had to have in order to operate that camp; it all went around that island. Q Just tell us what size loads of coal you remember being carried on the river in that scow, your best recollection as to how large a load was carried in any one trip. A Oh, we carried as high as three thousand of coal around that island. Q What did you use that coal fore Mr. Weber? A To supply the boilers on the other side for that mine. Q Do you have personal knowledge as to where the coal came from? A The coal? Yes sir. Q Where did it come from? A it is just between Henry mountains and the river, just about half way; I can't tell you what the distance is there. But there is a coal vein in there they call the coal mesa, and Mr. Goss, the one I was working for, he contracted coal to be hauled or shipped that he dug from that place down on to the |