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Show 970 to ledge until we got to the last big ledge, was about one hundred and thirty or one hundred and forty feet, we had to let the stuff over with ropes, and then when we got our stuff let over the cliff we would go out to the point where the trail now goes over and climb down a rope ladder, and then came back to the ledge and went down to the river." R. 2308. In 1893 and 1894 he entered Utah by way of Navajo Springs on the south side of Ute Mountain and went around to what was called the old Hyde trading post, and carried on experimental work there with a placer process. R. 2308. From there he went on down to Bluff and then down to Honaker Trail. The equipment carried by the party consisted of provisions, beds, tools, and a placer machine invented by one of the party, but it did not amount to anything, " so we sluiced and we rocked and sent out for more money to buy more grub with." The party consisted of Mr. Edmundson, Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Honaker, Mr. Jessup, Mr. Goodman and himself. R. 2309. In March, [ 1894], after getting the supplies down to the foot of the trail in the canyon, they started to work hunting spots that panned well and then sluicing and rocking them. " Q Did you have a long sluice? " A No, we made a tank about ten feet long, about three feet wide, a foot deep; then we would make a hand rocker and we had a copper plate; we tried that a while; we tried pretty near every scheme we could figure out to save this gold; we got a little gold, but not much." R. 2310. He remained in this place all of 1894 and up until May 1st, 1895. During the time he was there his outfit brought in two batches of grub by wagon and then ceased operations. Mr. Goodman and the two boys worked there a while but that was a failure, |