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Show 557 They already had some claims on the river twenty miles below, but not down on the river as far as Indian Creek. That is there were " existing claims that were being drilled at that time, or about to be drilled on the east side of the river." R. 1357. [ BY THE SPECIAL MASTER] " Q At that time you were using the large Moab boat to transport supplies? " A As far as the first two structures, twenty- six miles down the river, our purpose was to see whether we could get landings, or whether there was a place we could get in and build a road from there on out." R. 1357. His company did not drill on the Indian Creek acreage but another company did. He knows of other wells being drilled up in Indian Creek and who supplies for whom are brought in by truck from Moab. He has not been up Indian Creek from the Colorado River. R. 1358. I have been from Indian Creek down to the Colorado River, but not up." R. 1359. The purpose of the trip made to examine the river was simply to determine means of transportation; " we had this same boat, Ford motor, of the Moab garage, meet us at that point; we had made an investigation riding horseback into the Indian Creek country, and had left word, and |