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Show 4185 McDonald- D 2205 small one, the ten, was for running the dynamo. THE SPECIAL MASTER: How heavy was the heaviest boiler? BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q How heavy was the heaviest boiler? A There was no boiler; we didn't use any boiler, just the engines; they were pretty heavy -- I don't know, -- weighed good many tons. Q About how many tons did the heaviest engine weigh? A I couldn't tell you that. THE SPECIAL MASTER: How was that brought in, over the desert, six- mule team, or what? BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q These heavier pieces of machinery, how did you bring the, in, - over the desert? A Brought them in with a team; had on as high as eight and ten span of horses on the wagon, sometimes. Q When you would get a heavy piece of machinery like that to the river, how would you get it down from the highland down into the canyon? They let it down where they came down from the high land. They didn't care about getting up it, on the trail that we built, but getting down, -- they could always get down. We had iron shoes made that went under the wheels, under all of |