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Show 4186 McDonald- D 2206 them; we cut a trench down in the sand rock formation down the road a foot or a foot and a half deep, and used those shoes on the wheels bringing the loads down, coming down. But going up, with the empty wagon, we had a block and a cable anchored above; the horses couldn't go up there and pull the empty wagons up; they would bitch them on the cable down here and drive the horses down to the foot and pull the wagon up, then take the horses up and hitch on and go. That is the way they got up and down; but they could get down with the loads by putting those shoes on; they put the shoes on both wheels; broad, rough, heavy iron across them, and a chain run up and fastened to hold the shoes under the wheels; they just dragged and cut into the sand rock. That was an expensive proposition, getting in. Q And how many men were employed in connection with this Stanton dredge? A While we were building the hull -- let's see, there was fourteen or fifteen carpenters, ship builders, from San Francisco. They had to be paid, work or play, while we were building the hull As soon as the hull was done, they were released, and there was nothing but the dredge men and miners left. Q How many? A Let's see -- Morris, one,-- THE SPECIAL MASTER: We don't want their names. |
