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Show 890 had had a local blacksmith in Greenriver make two iron anchors similar to ship's anchors, and we used two of those for our front anchors. " We had this catamaran; we had an anchor consisting of an inch rope at each corner. " Q. What do you mean by a catamaran? " A. That is the drill barge, the two barges with the five- foot space between them, decked over with planking. " Q. As I understand, you passed two lines to the shore? " A. We had the location of the holes fairly well in mind, and these anchors, the two front anchors all ready to drop, and as we got the barge a few feet from where we wanted to stop, we have these tow iron anchors overboard and stopped the progress of the boat approximately within a few feet of where we wanted to start operations. Then later on we anchored the lower anchors, con-sisting of rocks weighing four or five hundred pounds, tied with a bite of this inch cable rope." R. 2101- 2102. ( Attention called to Exhibit No. 62, Plate No. 19, showing location of drill holes. R. 2102.) The purpose of this drilling operation was to see if there was suitable foundation for a dam there at this point, but they were not able to locate bed rock, and their deepest hole was one hundred and twenty- five feet. These holes were down through sand and an occasional boulder. R. 2102- 2103. ( Attention called to photograph No. 50, of Exhibit No. 11 O. R. 2103.) |
