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Show Hyde- D 614 the Secretary of War withdrew it for naval purposes; then it laid idle until it was re- opened three or four years ago; we went out and continued drilling. We drilled one well there about a mile above Goodrich in the wash there, and we took out ten thousand barrels; in that neighborhood; I topped the gasoline off of it, and it put a little refinery in there; I topped the gasoline off, and we sold it in Grand county and San Juan; we took out enough to pay the government five hundred dollars royalty. All the freighting in connection with the oil well both down and back, was that done by wagon or by boat? The latter part of the freighting was done by trucks; they got the trucks to working at that time. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: What was the preliminary part of the freighting? It was horses pulled all the first in; they put six horses on a wagon. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Have you observed the San Juan river with reference to the height of the water at the various seasons of the year? Well, I have a great deal. Just tell me about that, please. The San Juan river, take it in the real early spring, it is usually low; after the ice melts, the first ice melts and flows out of it, it stays low until along in May, the foothills snows come, the upper snows, and in June we have our highest water usually. 2582 |
