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Show with a gasoline hoist and 1353 crane . This was used ( in hi- hi ) unloading all of the heavy freight . The freight . hauled up the river would be bent tools , such as , stems and bits , and they hauled crude oil on two or three different times . They would haul from . eight to ten tons , as an approximate guess . ( R . 5263 . ) He believes they brought up sixteen ( bar- bar ) rels of crude oil on one trip , and a barrel would weigh from 400 to 450 pounds . During the ( drill drill- drill ) ing operations there were times when there ( would would- would ) be considerable amount of freight brought up in , the way of bent tools and varilous things . ( During During- During ) his period of seven months on The Barge there was . a portion of the time that there was high water , and his best recollection is that the river ( com-- com ) menced to rise in March , and holds up until about the 20th of May , he believes , and from the 20th of May to the 10th of June they would have the ( high- high ) est water . There would be scarcely any difficulty in high water in the operation of The Barge up ( and and- and ) down stream . Going upstream in high water they would follow what they call dead water along the bank , and that would be the shallower water . ( Dur Dur- Dur ) ¬ ing high water the sand bars were all covered , mostly . In going upstream there was not ( much rauch ) . difficulty from sand bars , as all they had to do was . to reverse the engine and the current would help them off as a rule . ( R . 5264-5265 . ) During the operation of the big boat he did some . night traveling , and when making two round trips . |