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Show 5452 Mendenhall- D 5462 for saving the gold, and quite a lot of supplies, and we took several men down with us. There had been, in the meantime, quite an excitement raised over the discovering my father and I made in the lower canyon. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q What do you refer to as the lower canyon? A We called it the lower canyon, -- the canyon from the mouth of Cyprus wash, or starting in just below and extending about forty- five or fifty- five miles; we called it Fossil canyon. BY MR. BLACKMAN: Q Where is that with reference to Mexican Hat? A Just below. Q How far below? A Where it begins? Q Yes. A Oh, perhaps three miles. Q Then extends down the river how far? river, forty- five or fifty miles. You know, we hadn't any speedmeters down there; we only guessed at those distances. |