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Show Raplee- C 477 way on down below, and mine there, and of course I had no way of finding out what they were doing. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: How much below your placer claim did these other placer claims extend, approximately? A Well, they would extend, I should say, seventy- five miles. Q Below where your claim was? A Yes, below my camp. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q They extended practically to the confluence, didn't they? A No, they didn't, that wouldn't take them there if the river is one hundred and thirty- three miles form Chinle creek to the confluence. Q How far was it below Chinle creek? A I guess probably it was about ten miles below. Q I thought it was further than that. A I don't think it is Q These other men and their claims would be scattered along there for seventy- five miles? A Yes, scattered along down; if they found a piece of ground that would work easily, they would stop and work it. Q Those operations extended down for something like seventy or seventy- five miles below your place? A Yes. Q They needed a similar amount of supplies of various kinds to that needed by you in your operations? A Yes. Q That is to say, in operating a claim down the river, they would 2443 |