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Show 7225 Blake- D 5205 country mining, in the winter of 1906, and lived in Denver, operating from Denver through Moab until I took up my residence in Greenriver. Q You came from what place to Greenriver? A From Denver. Q From Denver? A Yes sir. Q How old are you, Mr. Blake? A Sixty years old. Q What is your business? A I am newspaper man at present. Q Operate a newspaper at Monticello? A At Monticello. Q When you arrived in Greenriver, what occupation did you follow there? A Why, my purpose in going there was to launch a boat on the Green river and investigate the possibilities of freight traffic between there and Moab on the Grand. Q Did you build any boat? A I did. Q In what year? A In the spring of 1909 I built first boat. Q What was the size of that boat? A That boat was twenty- four feet long by six foot beam, flat bottom boat. |
