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Show 7168 Gibbons- C 5149 A Yes. Q Then you unloaded at the bottom of that dugway? A Immediately after we went down the steep place it was unloaded on the back of the river, near the river. Q How did you get the teams out? A Pulled the wagon right out there; might have been the steepest part, might have been maybe ten per cent grade; the teams would pull the empty wagons out there very handy. Q Prior to that time had you done any hauling into Hite? A That is that? Q Prior to that time had you done any hauling into Hite? A Yes. Q For how many different years? THE SPECIAL MASTER: He has testified to that. A When I first went in there Mr. Stanton I operated a drill in there, prospecting the river, in 1899, I hauled this drill to the river and the material for their barge, and their boats they built there to take this stuff and prospect the river from there as far as he went down to where the dredge was. Q What kind of wagon did you use for that? A I used a three and a quarter broad- tire wagon. |