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Show 915 " A No, it came in overland; couldn't come in by way of the river." R. 2167. " Q How much work did you do on the river with this boat? " A Didn't do very much work with the boat; just crossed from one side to the other to get the bars; we did used it once out in one of the bars in the center of the river, sandbars in the center; the water split both ways; we took some of the boats we brought down and made a sluice box, and we dug a channel through the sandbar, which formed just where there was a rapid there, just above North canyon, between that and the mouth of the Dirty Devil; we dug through the bar, and put the sluice box in, and commenced shoveling the dirt in from both sides; the water running through washed it down, a riffle block catching the gold." R. 2167- 2168. On that first trip he did not get anywhere near the San Juan River. R. 2168. " Q While you were in there did you experiment any with this boat in the cataracts? " A Yes. " Q Just tell me about that. " A We prospected along up, working along up the canyon, came up to the foot of the rapids, we crossed the Dirty Devil before you get into the rapids at the foot of Cataract, Curry, Farley and myself. " I told the, I says, ' If you fellows will help pull this boat up through the edge of the cataract I will show you a nice ride down'. " So they pulled it - we put the line on - they |