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Show 816 T ? GUXXINGS ( 'BENNETT BENNETT ) For Complainant ( Record , vol . 17 , , pp . ( 31304L-70 31304L70 ) ) : Resides A Lund , Utah ; hoisting engineer at a aiiine . Experience with boats on Osage , MissouTi , ( 'alA alA ) ( Colorado Oolorado ) Rivers . On Colorado ( Elver River ) , July , 1920 , at ( Hall's Halls ) ( Cross- Cross ) ( ing iug ) ; came by wagon from Richfield and from ( Hall's Halls ) Crossing to Hite on horseback . There is a ( regular regulai ) road from ( Richfield Rielifield ) to Torrey , Utah . Purpose in going down river to work for Henry Mountain Oil Co . ; operating 100 miles above Lees Ferry . ( R . 3131 . ) Built a raft of material which had been shipped from Greenriver to Hite and been taken down to Good Hope . ( R . 3132 . ) Raft 14 feet square , , ( lum- lum ) ber ; drew 7 or 8 inches of ( water vater ) . Loaded with pipe at Good Hope Bar ; Frank Bennett , an uncle , , was with him . Loaded a wagon and stove on raft at Olympia Bar . Between Good Hope and Olympia Bar , ( downstream dowiastream ) , raft hung up once on sand bar ; swung off ; when wagon and stove ( were -were were ) loaded on raft it was too heavy and raft sank ; unloaded and built more raft ; went down river to Bull Frog rapid , nearly crashed into wall . rock ; ; at ( Hall's Halls ) Crossing , landed raft and unloaded it . Proceeded down river with rowboat they had along with raft . . ( R . . 3134 . ) Below Lake Canyon rapid is a large |