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Show 4193 McDonald- D 2213 go along and find a crack along one side where the high water has been, and it is protected from the swifter water, and the gold sinks in those cracks. We use a long iron called a crevicing iron. We pull that out, and maybe in an hour's time I get ten dollars worth of gold, but it don't last; it might be two or three years before i could do that again. Call it sniping. Q Was that the last time? A That was the last time I was in there. Q the three months you spent in there that time, did you see any travel on the river in boats? A Yes, I saw an old fellow named Meskin, him and his dog; I saw him several times; he passed by the camp several times. Q How do you spell that? A I don't know how he spelled it. Q What kind of boat did Mr. Meskin have? A He had a little bit of flat boat, light draft flat boat, draws two or three inches of water, don't carry many supplies, not much of anything. Q What was he doing? A He was prospecting along, mining; he stayed in there for years, I understood. Q Did you ever see him take this boat upstream? |
