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Show 4199 McDonald- C 2219 A It is just below Lees Ferry, -- I guess it is about forty- six miles, -- I don't know exactly what the distance is. MR. FARNSWORTH: That was the place they stopped on the first expedition. THE SPECIAL MASTER: That is what Mr. Nims said. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q That is where the first expedition stopped, wasn't it, Soap creek rapids. A No; the first expedition stopped at what is known as Saddle or Fence canyon. Q How far is that below Lees Ferry, approximately? A It is below Lee Ferry about forty miles or forty- five. Q Forty or forty- five miles? A Below Lees Ferry; that is where as quit the expedition on the first trip. Q Now, calling your attention to the time when you were in Glen canyon operating the dredge, I think you mentioned two camps; did you have an upper and a lower camp? A We didn't have no lower camp, but the teams come into the lower bar, on account of this point of rock and everything, and we had to camp on the upper bar; we had a little telephone line between the two places, and they would telephone up that a team was in, and had a load. Q Was the dredge located on what was known as the Good |
