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Show 733 " BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: " Q. How many men were in there when you were there? " A. I suppose at one time, your Honor, there were probably twenty employed by Mr. Stanton. I say I suppose so; I couldn't tell you exactly." R. 1765. There were a few other prospectors father down the river, besides Mr. Stanton and his employees, and two people lived at Hite [ Utah] or Dandy Crossing. These men were Johnny Hite and Fred Gibbons, and they had some placer claims there and up White Canyon; Cass Hite lived a little way below Hite post office by himself. There was a post office at Hite at that time, and mail was brought in by pack horses from Greenriver by the way of Hanksville. Mr. Stanton had some boats on the river at this time, and he [ Stone] was in these boats from time to time. They were used for the purpose of crossing the river with supplies and now and then to take supplies down the river to other camps which were established from place. R. 1766- 1767. Mr. Stanton had the whole of Glen Canyon practically surveyed and located for placer claims . He believes that one boat was brought up from Lees Ferry by a party of Mr. Stanton's employees, and when they would take supplies down stream they would bring back the empty boats by means of oars in stretches of quiescent water, and in other places they would two them with a tow line from the bank, or in shallow places by wading in the river. At this time he saw boats handled in this way twenty- five or thirty times at least. R. 1767. |