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Show 5228 F. Bennett- RD 3240 Q would these storms sometimes extend up until September and October? A Yes; I think the heaviest storm we ever had there was about the 10th of September. Q After those storms would you have a rearrangement of sandbars? A Sometimes they would change, and then they wouldn't; After floods, even, may change a little some places, and others they don't change; the upper part of the river it is principally gravel, the banks, and it don't shift much there. The channel below does. Q The particular part of the river which you were working there is more gravel? A Yes; in drilling there, we drilled gravel nearly all the time; we went to bed rock with this drill. Our holes ranged from twelve to forty feet. MR. BLACKMAR: That is all. FURTHER EXAMINATION BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q During this period of twenty- two years you have been in that neighborhood, what is the greatest number of men working in this stretch between Hite and the California bar at one time? A At one time, that was in -- I think in 1898 and perhaps |