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Show a distance of about thirty 652 ( miles infles ) and ( in iri ) ( later h-vtor hvtor ) yeam they operated largely in the winter and ( plaecred placered ) from Chinle Creek down to within about ( twealy 'twenty twenty ) miles of the mouth of theTiver . These ( operations opertuntions ) continued until about ten years ago , ( covering coverhig ) a period of from about 1892 to 1919 . It is impossible to make the placer mines pay with the present methods of operation . The few prospectors who had boats would go from Bluff down to their placer claims on the river ' and take with them their supplies . He saw ( prob- prob ) ably three outfits go in with boats ; most of them went in with burros and pack animals . As he ( re- re ) members two of the outfits who used boats went in , in 1904 and the other about 1906 , he being at Bluff at that time and saw them go through . The principal mining on the San Juan Riverwas done between 1892 and 1902 , and he was there only during the two months of that period . ( ( E R ) . 2518- 2521 . ) ( BICHABD RICHARD ) ELMER ( CA3LDWKI CALDWELT ) For Complainant ( Record , vol . 13 , ( pp pli ) . ( 2522-2520 2522-2529 ) ) He resides at Los Angeles , California . He is a civil engineer by ( profession professioll ) has had experience in hydraulic work , municipal engineering , irrigation , ( and aiid ) ( drainage draffiage ) . ( He lie ) was also a member of the ( Colo- Colo ) rado River Commission , representing Utah , prior |
