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Show 817 " Q. How long was it worked? " A. It was in there about a year, I think. " Q. Take out any gold? " A. Took several months to get it in there and get it in operation; then winter came, it get pretty cold, had to kind of lay off until spring before we could do anything. " BY MR. BLACKMAR: " Q. I understood you to say this was electrically operated? " A Yes, sit had a boiler -- two one hundred horse-power boilers, steam, engine, electric generator: this dredge was run by motors. " Q. That kind of fuel die you used? " A. Goal. " Q. About now much coal a day? " A I couldn't say as to that; some days we would use quite a little. When we had a break- down, or trouble, we wouldn't use so much. " Q. What do you mean by quite a little? " A. I would say five or six or eight tone a day of coal. " Q. How was that coal brought in? " A. By wagon. " Q. From Greenriver? " A. Greenriver. " Q. Was there a wagon bridge at Greenriver at that time? " A. No, sir. " Q. You were operating on the left or right hand side of the river? |
