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Show 5309 Chaffin- D 3320 A I have made one trip with this machine that I was actually on the river. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q The one you testified to? A Yes sir. Q 1917? A Yes. I have been on there a time or two since, but don't recall any of any importance, maybe crossed the river, be about all. May have went from Hanson creek down to the dredge. I have been there. I will say I was through with the river in 1917, as far as boating was concerned. Q During the fifteen years when you were working these placer claims, how did you send your gold out? A I sent it out -- brought it out to Loa and Richfield, through the Richfield Commercial Bank. Q I mean, did you send it out, ship it out, or take it out yourself? A I would sometimes ship it out with the teamsters. As a rule I generally brought it myself. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q When you were there in 1917 were there any other people in the section of the Colorado which you were on? A I never seen a soul only I and Mr. Bennett and a |