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Show 952 had been hauled overland on a wagon by his brother, and about three months was spent in that vicinity attempting to operate placer claims. Sufficient food for that time was taken down to the river with the boat, in wagons. They were supplied by the cargo which had come down on the boat. R. 2257- 2258. While they were camped there the Stanton boats passed the camp and it was understood by him that Stanton was doing assessment work. This was in the winter of 1897 and 1898. Stanton at that time had no other equipment than shovels, picks, and other mining tools. There was another party of prospectors who came to the camp in January 1898, coming down the river in a small boat and he took the party out from that point to Escalante, with saddle horse and pack animal. R. 2258- 2259. Another person by the name of Nathan Galloway visited the camp on his way up the river in a small boat. " Q Did you see him go up river? " A Yes sir. " Q How did he do it? " A He was rowing and towing." R. 2260. While towing, Galloway was close to the river on the bars, and he was walking right near the water. He saw no other boats in there until later in the year, in the spring, when he went up to Hall's Crossing. R. 2260. The work he was doing there was near Last Chance, which is a short distance above Elvado, or the Crossing of the Fathers. He saw two or three small row boats on the river. R. 2261. He went up the river from Last Chance to Hall's Crossing, a distance of about sixty miles, in his boat, rowing and towing; it was hard work. He stayed at Hall's Crossing one |