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Show 378 Further Examination - ( R. Vol. 5 - pp. 981.) BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: He states that oil was struck at the junction of the Green and the Colorado Rivers - Oil men would get their supplies down by boat. The road from Moab to Monticello passes through unsettles high country, Lasalle being about nine miles east of the road. The country between the road and the Colorado River is broken by run- off canyons to the straight bluffs of the bank. Redirect Examination - ( R. Vol. 5 - 982- 988.) There is no road according to him in Lockhart Canyon but there is a road into Indian Creek. The road to Indian Creek turns off about ten miles north of Monticello and runs through what is called Hard Draw country. Indian Creek empties into the Colorado River. He has hauled oil well equipment down Indian Creek overland. The road down Indian Creek does not run as far as the Colorado River, but stops up the stream about fourteen miles. The drilling material was hauled to its ultimate destination at the Ellis well on Indian Creek. R. 982- 983. " Q. Does it extend on down the canyon to the Colorado? A. No; the Utah Petroleum said they built a road down there, but it never was used, to my knowledge. " They intended to boat their stuff to the mouth of Lockhart, and haul it up Indian Creek. That is what they built that boat for; then when they have got ready to do that, this boat wouldn't work very good. " Q. Do you know what was the matter with it? " A. It was cranky, couldn't handle it in the river, so |
