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Show No recollection of ( -any any ) other 594 placer miners at that time , except man with him , John ( Grill Gill ) . ( R . 2038- 39 . ) Supplies brought by freight wagon . ( R . 2039 ) ( ( Zahn's Zahns ) Camp , Page 15 , ( Oompl Compl ) . Exh . 10 . ) Equipment at camp had been freighted in year before by brother and others . ( R . ( 2039-2041 2039-201-1 ) . ) San Juan River that year was shallow , not over waist deep ; waded across . ( R . 2041 . ) Channel about 200 ft . Waist deep in main current . ( R . 2041- 2042 . ) Depth gradually lowered to 8 or 10 inches . Used water of San Juan in connection with mining operations . ( R . 2042 . ) Operated in August when water very low . ( R . 2043 . ) Sand and silt in water caused lot of difficulty by cutting packing of pumps . ( R . 2044-2945 . ) In 1905 went back on river ; transported sluicing hopper on river ; weighed 250 pounds ; came by freight wagon to 15 miles above camp , to ( Recom Recoin- Recoin ) pense Camp ; built a raft with drift timber , 12 or 14 ft . long , 5 or 6 ft . wide . ( R . 2045-2046 . ) May or June , heavy flow of water coming down river ; difficult to negotiate crossings ; waited for water to subside , got caught and stuck on shallows ; rode when channel open , waded when raft got stuck . Used rope to pull raft over into deep part ; and to hold raft to steer around rocks by getting off and holding rope . ( R . 2047-2048 . ) Ditched entire flow of San Juan River summer , of 1904 over to pump for at least ten days . . ( R . 2050 . ) |