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Show 4023 Zahn- D 2043 sluiced it down the boxes, didn't you? A It was used up on the placers, and would percolate down. Q Eventually got down to the river again? A But those pumps of ours were small, only four- inch pumps - Q I mean, you were using this water for placer operation weren't you? A Yes. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q What I mean is, what percentage of the river water did you use, of the stream flow? A Well, I might say here, there is two different times; when I was down in May I didn't do any operating, and when I came back in the summer time, you might say, about the 1st of July, about the first party of July, why, then, that summer in August we operated, and when we were operating at that time the water was very low. Q Well, now, tell me how much of the water you used in August, what percentage of the flow. A Well, sufficient to go through a four- inch suction pipe, a discharge of two and a half inches. Q Wasn't there a time there when you diverted the entire flow of the San Juan river? MR. FARNSWORTH: We object to that, your Honor, as grossly leading and suggestive. |