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Show Hyde- G 636 built most of it. Q We was to know about dates, it you can. A I don't know anything about the pioneers, when they went there. Q Mr. Jones, who testified yesterday, was a pioneer, wasn't he? A Yes, Mr. Jones was. Q Are you referring to when they went originally? A They came in originally from the west; that would be a road straight west. Q Then that road was there when you got there, was it? A That road was there when I got there. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q THIS IS a road from Goodrich up to Bluff? A No sir, that road went as far as Comb wash; then the road from Goodrich to Comb wash came afterwards, where they were placer mining. Q How about west of Goodrich; is there any road from there to the Colorado river? A No, there is not, not along the river; but this old emigrant road headed all of those washes and went to the Colorado river. The people crossed the Colorado at the Hole- in- the- Rook. Q And that road existed before Mr. Jones came in? A No, Mr. Jones and that emigrant party built the road as they came in. Q That is what I was trying to get yesterday. Mr. Jones, as I understand, came in south of the San Juan river? 2604 |