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Show 6918 Chaffin- D 4906 load of supplies, to Hanson creek, and brought in a boat that he put together there and equipped it with a steam boiler and engine and loaded it with mining supplies and started down the river, went down the river to the Klondike bar. Q You didn't go with him? A No sir. Q He was working a bar further down stream than you were? A Yes sir; I took a short ride with him in his boat; he took us on a ride after he got it equipped with there at the bar, at the side of the Moquie bar, but I didn't go on down the river. Q How much of a load did he have in the boat after he got it loaded and started on his down- stream trip? A I would think about three tons. Q What was the nature of the cargo? A It would be commissary supplies and mining equipment. Q What kind of mining equipment? A He had a car and track for hauling the gravel, and then the steam boiler and the engine he was going to use for power after he got down there that he used for running the boat while he wet down; picks and shovels. Q How long was the boat? |