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Show 3905 Edwards- D 1926 Major Powell had you been in and about the Colorado river any place? A Yes sir. Q Whereabouts? A I attended the San Juan boom in 1892; that was for the Rio Grande Western Railway people; I was hired by them to go in. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Did you say you went in for the San Juan boom? A Yes, they had a placer mining boom on the San Juan in the 1892 BY THE. BLACKMAR: q What point on the San Juan river did you go? A I should judge about forty miles below Bluff, somewhere in there, I don't know the exact location. Q Do you remember a place in there called Moonlight? A No, I don't know that there was anything in there by that name. Q At what point did you leave the railroad, Mr. Edwards? A Greenriver, Utah. Q How did you go to that point on the San Juan? A We had a pack train, horses and mules, went through Hanksville to Hite, crossed the river, up White canyon and south to the San Juan. |