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Show WMMllntMM < * MIMiilfte £ ft . . * 350 ( MtGi' MtGi Aster ) ( they -talay talay ) got ( tteough t1afoligh ) ( the Lbe ) Cataracts ( they tlicy ) ( did dold ) some ( mining minhig ) ( that thlat ) year on the California , ( Moqtiib 11loq'itie 11loqitie ) , and ( New Now ) Year bar . He first went in to the River in 1888 but ( didn't didnt didil2t ) ( commence commeiiec ) to prospect until 1892 , and was ( on oil ) the ( a'iver aiver ) pretty continuously from 1893 to 1908 , and then was ( oft off ) and on occasionally until 1911 or 1912 . ( R . 3319 . ) Since that time ( he lie ) ( lias bas ) only made ( ihe Vie ) one trip actually on the river in 1917 , that he ( lias bas ) ( already alTeady ) testified to . He may ( hare liam ) been ( back back- back ) ( there 'there there ) a time or two since ( that t1lat ) ( and aild ) maybe crossed the river , ( but bnt ) ( he lie ) was through with the River in 1917 ( as fas ) ( far ftar ) as boating was concerned . ( During Duriilg ) the fifteen years when he was working the placer claims , ( he lie ) ( brought brouglit ) his gold out to Loa ( and 14.111d 14111d ) Richfield through the ( Richfield Itielifield ) Commercial Bank . He would sometimes ship it out with ( team- team ) sters , but generally brought it out himself . ( When Wheil ) ( he lie ) was ( on oil ) the Colorado River in 1917 ( he lie ) ( didn't didnt ) see a ( soul sotil ) except ( Mr -TUr TUr ) . ( Bennett Belinett ) and a fellow ( named iita-yied iitayied ) ( West 'West West ) ( on oil ) the river . ( R . ( 3319-3320-3321 319-3320-3b21 31933203b21 ) . ) As far as ( he lie ) recalls , the winter of 1894-1895 was ( the the" the ) ( bigg-est biggest ) year as far as inhabitants were ( con- con ) ( cerned cerlied ) , ( and aild ) ( in ill ) 1898 there might have been a , dozen people from Lees Ferry to Hite outside of the men lie had ( working workilig ) . He also recalls that in 1917 ( he lie ) ( saw smy ) Mr . Lawler or ( Tom Toni ) Humphreys at Hite , outside of the ones lie has already mentioned . ( ( R 11 ) . 3321 . ) In all the time that ( he lie ) was ( on oil ) the river ( he lie ) ( never iiever ) ( knew kilew ) of any ( supplies stipplies ) or machinery ( having baving- baving ) ( been beeil ) |