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Show 705 " A. I don't think there was over twenty- five men at any one time, with the exception of the first boom; they just went in and went out again; found there nothing special there for them, and they went out." R. 1694. ( Testimony ordered stricken out. R. Vol. 9, pp. 1694). In about 1895 he was a foreman for this placer mining company and was with them for two or three months. They were only working four or five men, had a little boiler, engine and pump, which equipment was brought in by wagon from Bluff to Moonlight Canyon by way of the old Mormon Trail to Comb Wash, where the river was forded, then down the south side of the river. R. 1695. He had a lot of oil claims in the locality, engaged in the oil business to some extent and freighted a lot of supplies in overland to the oil wells, He also operated a refinery with brother, Frank Hyde. He didn't construct this refinery, as it had been constructed by a man named McCormick, nor did he bring in the machinery used in connection with the plant. It was located between Mexican Hat and Goodrich, within about |