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Show 7480 Sheley- D 5459 substantial acreage that you personally know about not shown on this exhibit? A Nothing that I know, sir. The region has been very little investigated. MR. BLACKMAR: I move that be stricken out. { Last answer read.) THE SPECIAL MASTER: I think that may stand. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q To your knowledge, has it been little investigated? A I speak as an engineer, sir, in saying that. What might satisfy the layman does not satisfy the engineer in investigation. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Are you, in a general way, familiar with the country in Utah lying within the Colorado river basin? A Yes sir. Q When I saw the Colorado river basin, I mean the Colorado and its tributaries. A Yes sir. Q What is the nature of that country with reference to population? MR. BLACKMAR: Just where are we talking about, the whole Colorado river basin? MR. FARNSWORTH: In Utah, yes. MR. BLACKMAR: That covers a good many thousand miles. |