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Show 818 " A. On the east side of the river. " Q. Was there an unloading switch on the east side of the river? " A. No, sir. " Q. How was this coal brought across the river? " A. Across the ford. " Q. At Greenriver? " A. No, at the mill. " Q. That is, teams would come down -- " A. Teams hauled it down from Greenriver opposite our camp, and crossed the river there on the ford, put it in our bin." R. 1935- 1936. Cross Examination: ( R. Vol. 10, pp. 1936- 1945.) ( R. Vol. 11, pp. 1948- 1957.) The mill was located about eight miles below the bridge at Greenriver, on dry land, on a gravel bar, above the high water mark. R. 1936- 1937. None of the operations extended into the river. He knows that the machinery come from Denver, and at the town of Greenriver it was unloaded from cars into a wagon, and hauled down under contract over a fair desert road right to the job. He believes the coal used came from the Carbon County Coal Mines, and shipped in to Greenriver on the railroad. R. 1937. At the time he went down on the San Juan River, he couldn't state exactly the location, but it was twenty or twenty- five miles below Bluff, somewhere between Bluff and where the canyon boxes up. He feels sure he got there in the afternoon. He didn't make any investigation of any kind, but |