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Show 5401 Yokey- D 3412 is down there yet, I think. Q How far did you get with the Black Eagle? A One hundred miles, down to Valentine Bottom, within ten miles of there. The water tube got full of mud. She let go and blowed up. Q Were you on the boat at the time the boiler blew up? A Yes. Just the tubes blow out, that is all there is to it. The shell boiler wouldn't be hurt. Q After that how did you get back up the stream? A Came back with Mr. Wolverton. He was there with the Wilmont, and a man named Woodruff. They had been prospecting around below there. I came back with them. We was figuring on rowing back. Had a light boat along. Q Do you remember a boat called the Betsy Ann that be-longed to Wolverton or Wimmer? THE SPECIAL MASTER: Do I understand this boat, engine and everything, was left there? MR. BLACKMAR: That is what he said. A Tied the boat up, took the boiler and engine out, and put them on the shore with a wire cable. A year after I went down there, the cable was stretched out there, one end of the |
