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Show 6991 Fortheringham- D 4979 amalgamators in each box. Q What would you say was the weight of the load that you put on that boat there at Hite? A Well, I would judge two to three ton. Q Did you build any smaller boats than this one? A Yes, we had a small skiff boat. Q Build that before you left Hole- in- the- Rock? A We built it down there. Q Down there? A At the Hole- in- the- Rock. Q At the Hole- in- the- Rock? A Yes. Q After you got these boats built and your boat loaeded, what did you do? A Well, we went down to river about somewhere in the neighborhood of eight miles, and we pulled in in an eddy and went to work then on the bench above, the cliffs run probably up twenty feet above the boat. There was a bench runs back. There is where we did the prospecting mostly, found a place there. We had to wheel the dirt in an wheelbarrow. Q About what time of the year was it that you started down the river with your boat? A It was along in December some time; I couldn't tell |
