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Show 7215 Shafer- D 5195 A Yes sir. Q About fifteen or twenty or twenty- five miles above Moab? A Yes sir. Q Why did you take this placer material, this material for building a placer wheel, and so forth, with you? What were you going to do with it? A Why did we take it in? Q Yes. A Our plans was to go into that country to do some placer mining Q And you intended to stop at the mouthoof Castle creek? A Yes sir. Q Where did you go after you started down the river from Cisco wash? A When we came to the mouth of this Castle creek, it was covered with trees and brush, so we didn't observe it was the mouth of the creek; we passed on by, and kept on down the river until we came to a point known as Nigger Bill canyon, I think it is three or four miles above Moab. Q By that time you satisfied yourself you had passed the place you were going for? A Yes sir. Q What did you do then? A We went ashore and tied our raft up and walked on into |
