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Show Raplee- C 472 CROSS EXAMINATIION BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q The nature of the supplies that you and the other men operating on the river there in placer mining prior to the construction of a good wagon road, consisted of what, in a general way? A The supplies? Q Yes. A Well, flour, and coffee and ten and sugar and all such supplies as that; then shovels and picks, as few drills. Q Lumber? A Lumber, yes. Q Powder? A Not very much powder. Q Didn't use much powder? A No. Q Some powder? A Yes. some powder. Q And what type of machinery did you use? A Well, I had, as I said, I had a wheel that furnished the power to pump the water up, raised it sixteen feet, I think, and run it out through a hose to the upper end of the sluice box, emptied the water right into the sluice box, and shoveled the dirt into the box. By the time it got through the lower end I had the gold and the black sand. Q Did you have any buckets? A No. Q Where did you get this wheel from? 2438 |