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Show 7156 Gibbons- D 5137 Good Hope bar? A I took my stock over a high trail. Q Did you need stock for the work of making this race? A Yes, we used teams, horse teams. Q Did you bring any equipment down with you to Dandy crossing to be used also in performing this work? A Yes, our equipment went down by boat and raft, hay and grain and scrappers and plows and so forth, chains, and what we needed, went down on boats. Q From Dandy crossing to Good Hope? A Ye sir. A And the horses, the stock you needed for the perfor-mance of your work, you took down overland? A Took down the trail, yes. Q Why didn't you take your supplies and equipment down overland? A Lucky to get the horses down, the trail was narrow, high and dangerous. Q What kind of supplies and equipment did you take down in these boats for use in your work? A We had our provisions and hay and grain and scrapers and stuff. you Q Did/ have any plows? |