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Show That is an awful rocky 694 ledge , and the ( company aonipanr ) built a road down in there in order to get down . When we got to that point there was cables ( sta-- sta ) tioned there , and windlasses ; if we had heavy loads , . for instance , six or twelve ( liorse horse ) loads , long stuff , . we protected it by this windlass and let it down easy ; it was ( an all ) awful rocky ledge ; it was steep , too ; . we got it down to the ( landing landhig ) place . That is ( the- the ) only place we came down over , down into ( camp- camp camp ) Stone ; ( didn't didnt ) come down any ( creeks creelr-s creelrs ) or gulches at all . In other words , almost fall off a ledge there ; - built a place to get to it . ( ( E R ) . 2630-2632 . ) ( Wilson -Wilson Wilson ) ledge is about ( forty-six fortysix ) miles from Hite . He ( be- be ) lieves it is three miles above Bull Frog Rapids . The road that was built was just at the ( particular particular- particular ) place on the ledge . The ( Hoskiiiniiii Hoskinnini ) Company , that was the title of that company that operated ( down- down ) there that dredge , they improved the road , made improvements on the road in order to get down . ( ( E R ) . 2632 . ) He does not believe that there was a road from Hanksville down to this ( point pohit ) on river prior to . when the improvements ( were weTe ) made . ( R . 2632 . ) There are ranches and ( camps carnps ) along the mountain ; - . there has always been a road as long as he knows to get to those ranches , but the roads are in the nature of cow trails . It ( was 'was was ) on these trails that the supplies used in connection with the operations . in the Colorado River came from Hanksville ; the - supplies such as eatables ( and amd ) so on , a good deal ( of' of ) that came in by way of ( Richfield Riclifield ) , and on ( clown down ) that |