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Show 5602 Hite- D 52 3609 done. And that was the object of the trip, and also to bring back a gasoline launch that he had at Lees Ferry. Q Well, what do you mean " Located the channel"? A How was that? Q Did you not any that he had located the channel? A The channel of the river, yes sir. Q Well, what do you mean by that? A I mean he had located the bars on each side his location, including the channel of the river. There was some question, I believe, as to the locality of it but that was what he had done. Q That was what he had claimed? A That was what he had claimed. Q Well, what was the purpose of these locations? A Well, he was getting ready to put in a large dredge, which he did after this trip, and he was trying to make these locations legal, i suppose. Q Well, Bennett was on this trip, was he not? A Yes, sir, Bennett was on that trip. He was not on the other one that I made. |