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Show ( way -NATay NATay ) and all machinery 695 and everything else ( -came came camel ) * by way of Hanksville , everything was shipped from . Greenriver , but there is a good many of the ( sup- sup ) plies , eatables and so on , came by way of Bichfieli and on down through there , ( but bat ) ( don't dont ) know ( any- any ) thing about that line . ( R . 2633 . ) In 1899 ( he lie ) helped build a ( scow scov ) for the ( Hoskinnini Hoskinniiii ) Company which was used to load on heavy ( machin machin- machin ) ( ery cry ) from the landing place to get it to the workings , the dredge , that is the only way they had to get it there ; the boat had to be quite a ways from ( the- the ) shore ( iu in ) order not to drown it ( from froin ) the turn loose . ( ( E R ) . 2634 . ) ( When 'When When ) he ( brought brougbt ) the scow down ( there- there there ) ( and aud ) loaded it with driftwood they had difficulty ( get- get ) ting through the river on account of sticking on . sand bars . After they built it launched it a little below Dandy Crossing , and we went on down ( the- the the ) river , and as they went down they gathered ( drift- drift ) wood ( and aud ) put it on this scow , ( and aud ) when got about seven miles below Dandy ( Crossing-not Crossingnot ) Dandy Crossing , but Good ( Hope-gi Hopegi ) ouiided ; was ( trying" trying tryhig ) to get loose ; was ( detained detaiiied ) there about ( half hall" hall ) a day , four of ( them thein ) ; finally got her off and ( went Neiit ) down a little ways further , about three or four miles maybe , and experienced the ( same sarrie ) thing , and it was ( getting getting- getting ) dark then so camped there ( thttt thht ) ( night ilight ) : and the next morning ( got rot ) it off and ( went ivent ) on down to the dredge . ( R . 2634-2635 . ) The raft when first put in the water drew about six ( inches iliches ) empty , and loaded about fourteen or fifteen inches . |