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Show stay on the river Mr . Ryan 152 came down from the California Bar and I went with him up to Good Hope about 21 miles away for the mail , rowing , poling and towing ( Ryan's Ryans ) boat . ( R . 4903-5 , Vol . 28 . ) That fall William Mitchell brought a load of supplies to ( the -the the ) mouth of Hanson Creek , installed a steam boiler and engine in his boat , and took three tons of supplies and mining equipment thence down the river to the ( Klondyke Xlondyke ) Bar . His boat was about 26 feet long and 10 feet wide and drew from 18 inches to 2 feet of water loaded . ( R . 4905-7 , Vol . 28 . ) Frank Bennett and Mike Ryan , who were then operating at the California Bar , used to ( come corne ) down to see us and we ( would -would would ) go up to see them during that time , using light draft , nonpower boats . In the early part of 1901 or about that year , ( Stanton's Stantons ) party , with two or three boats , posted notices on placer claims in the river and went down by our camp , carrying camp outfits and supplies in their boats . During that period Andy Strauss with two boats , five men and two ladies came down the river from Dandy Crossing and continued on down to Hall Creek . We made a boat trip down to the Strauss camp that winter . The Strauss boats ( wouldn't wouldnt ) draw over 8 inches of water unless heavily loaded . ( R . 4907-10 , Vol . 28 . ) Bert Seaboldt was operating on the Good Hope Bar and Ryan and I made a trip there for the mail that season . The people who were operating the Good Hope Bar made various trips up and down the river for supplies to Dandy Crossing and would bring mail down to Good Hope Bar , and some of us would go up to Good Hope , in a boat and get the mail ; sometimes we would bring mail for the Strauss party down to our camp and they would come up and get it from us . ( R . 4911 , Vol . 28 . ) On upstream trips we would row where there was easy water ; in the smooth water we might tow or pole , depending on conditions . While it is all work it ( would -would would ) be a relief to change from roing to towing or poling . ( R . 4912 , Vol . 28 . ) 1 left the river in the spring and went in again about May or June of the next year , working for the Moquie Mining Company , which was operating the Olympia Bar . We built a boat at Hite which was 28 feet long , 8 feet wide , and had sides about 3 % feet high , which was named the Lucy B . We took that boat and two other boats and a raft down the river from Hite to Olympia Bar , 33 miles below , loading about two and a half tons of supplies and mining equipment on the big boat and about 1500 feet of lumber and some |