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Show 678 the mine in one place, on Adudgii Crack. R. 1625. On this trip when he was looking for the lost mine, he was down on the San Juan River at the mouth of Copper Canyon and the mouth of Chinle Creek. R. 1627. He crossed the San Juan River at Rule Ears, crossing at the mouth of Chinle Creek and stuyed overnight on the bank of the river. On this trip he was accompanied by his father- in- law. R. 1628. In 1902 he came down the San Juan River from Anarth at the mouth of McElmo, on down to Bluff, Utah, continued on down the river and crossed at the Rule's Ears. This was on a prospecting trip and they followed pretty close to the river all the way down. R. 1629. " Q. How close to the river? " A. Sometimes -- one or two places we had to hold the wagon -- our buggy -- on to the grade to keep from tipping over into the river. " Q. For what stretches would that be? " A. For a couple hundred yards. " Q. Most of the time you were out of sight of the river, weren't you? " A. Most of the time we were in sight of the river. " Q. You were where you could see some part of the river? " A. Yes, right along the river bed, except where it was up on a little grade on the side. |