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Show - . - . . , , j , . . , M rti ! MrJMMnRM & " ; Vrfii ) iiimrjvensawKje , * * 1815 getting down when completed , and cost about a thotisand dollars . In going down this dugway ( the3r they ) used what they called rough locks . . ( R . 5148 . . ) Teanis were attached to the wagons when they went down the dugway , the wagons being unloaded ( inime- inime ) diately after they went down the steep place to the bank of the river . The steepest part of the dugway might have been a ten per cent grade and the teams would pull the ( empty enipty ) wagons right out . Prior to that time ( he lie ) had done some hauling into ( Kite Hite ) . When he first went in there he operated a drill and hauled the drill to the river and the material for the barge , using a three and ( one-quarter onequarter ) broad tire wagon , going all the way into Hite with the teams . ( R . 5148-5149 . ) The freight was obtained at ( Green- Green ) river , Utah . At that time he also did some hauling for the Cass Hite Company . At that time some corn was raised around ( Hanks- Hanks ) ville , but he obtained grain and food for his teams from Loa in Wayne County , about fifty miles south of Richfield [ Utah . There were a good many people working in different places up and down the river in a small way in 1916 when he was there ; Mr . Kimball and Mr . Turner having a plant . ( R . 5150 . ) There were a number working below on Hanson Creek but he knew none of them except Chaffin and Bennett . ( R . 5151 . ) |