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Show " ( """-I I ) iillirili 4Mfc . U m 471 ( mining iniuing ) on the San ( Juan Juail ) River . It starts about eight or nine miles below ( Mexican Alexicaii ) Hat , and ( extends- extends ) from the ( ri-in riin ) down to the ( San Sail ) Juari River . ( R _ . 1619 . ) He also knows the ( Mendeuhall Alendenh-all Alendenhall ) Trail which is . , located between Honaker Trail and Mexican Hat . . He has been over this trail down over what ( they they- they ) call the ( Goosenecks Goosenecl ) . ( R . 1619-1620 . ) In the country west of Bluff there are no ( set- set ) tlers or ranchers except over in theNloonlight ( Dis- Dis ) trict , , near the Monument Valley , where there are five or six ranchers who have trading stores and . small bunches of sheep . This district is ( located located- located ) about eighteen miles south of the San Juan River . There have never been any other ranchers in this locality or any other settlers , except the oil men in and around Goodrich and the placer ( miners millers ) along , the river . There is a trading store at Goodrich , but the land on which it is located is owned by some [ oil company ] and not by the operators of the store . . He is also familiar with the country between ( the- the ) Sail Juan River and the Colorado River and has , been oil one trip from Bluff to Greenriver [ ( Utah Uta-li Utali ) ] , in 1910 . . That was his first trip through there . . ( R _ 1620-1621 . . ) ( Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . Vol . . 9 , , pp . . 1621- 1645 ) : If he desired to go from Bluff to the Colorado he ( wouldn't wouldnt ) travel close to the river . The roads . |