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Show 0587 ELXER KANE For Complainant ( Record , Vol . . U , , pp . 1082-2035 ) ) IZesides in Los Angeles , California ; ( 66'YeArs 66YeArs ) old , has bad considerable experience ( -with with ) boats . ( R 1982 . . ) Been on Colorado almost its entire length ( pros- pros ) pectiug . . Fall of 1899 was on ( Green G-reen Green ) and Grand , Rivers . . Generally with pack ( horses liorses ) and saddle horses . . On upper river , used just small ( flat-bot- flatbot ) toin , light rowboats ; not much water , rocky and shallow . . In summer of 1888 went from ( Grand G-rand Grand ) ( Junction Junctio'l Junctiol ) down Colorado River on a common raft ; Emerson and Duke with him on trip . ( R . 1894 . ) He has placer mined upriver from Moab in the La Sal and Blue Mountains . Came down to Moab , but could not get a boat there to complete trip . ( R . . 1986 . . ) ( Miners 2ATiners ) at north end of Blue Mountains on Colorado had a ( flat-bottomed flatbottomed ) skiff they used ; going down from Grand Junction saw a ferryboat there and three small rowboats used to cross back and forth . . Tried to get - ( with idth ) the ( Brown-Stanton BrownStanton ) party but missed them . ( Brown-Stanton BrownStanton ) party returned in July , after Mr . . ( Brown's Browns ) death . ( R . 1988 . . ) The Stanton boats were of the same as description given by Mr . . Edwards . ( R . . 1989 . . ) They left Denver November 28 , , in cold weather . . Boats were overland to Crescent Wash . . ( R . . |