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Show 3424 Nims- C 1447 " As it could be made only from the water by some one either in a boat or on a raft, we con-cluded that it was done by one of a party of French Canadians, or voyageurs, who are supposed to have attempted to explore this river, thirty- six years before Major Powell's party passed through here." A Yes. Q ( Reads:) " What their fate was, I have not been able to learn." Now, calling your attention to page 265, I call your attention to this language with reference to the stretch of water below Cataract canyon, that is the third sentence appearing in the second paragraph on the printed page 265. ( Reads:) " From the mouth of Dirty Devil river to Lees Ferry, a distance of one hundred and fifty miles, are vast beds of placer mines, which are nearly all located and staked, some of them by members of our party". A Yes. Q That was not the place that I had in mind when I started my question. Then you go on and describe those placers, and the way they are operated: ( Reads:) |
