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Show 1055 tools, casing and other materials, and these things were taken into the country by team from Colorado points to Bluff and then on down to the drilling sites in lighter loads. Teams to do this freighting were usually higher and freighting was charged for by the pound at the rate of three to four cents per pound from Bluff, Utah, to Mexican Hat. R. 2505. " A pound; that depended upon the urgency of the case; very often they would get it in there when it was contracted from the railroad from Bluff down at about two cents a pound, when it was contracted for a longer distance in connection with the freight from the railroad." R. 2507- 2508. Freight would come to Dolores and Nancos, Colorado, by railroad, and the usual freight rate from Dolores to Mexican Hat was about four cants a pound. " Q That is four cents from Dolores to where? " A To Mexican Hat; the cheapest part of the distance was from Dolores into Bluff; from there down the roads wee very bad, and it was higher. We often had hay in Bluff that would cost about fifteen dollars, and when it got landed at Mexican Hat it was worth eighty dollars. " Q That is eighty dollars a ton? " A Yes, eighty dollars a ton; so the big increase was from Bluff to Mexican Hat; the roads were very poor, and hard traveling. In fact, there was no roads. I - " Q Is this you are about to say in connection with your other answer? " A The road to the placer mine was on the south side of the river, from about tem miles below Bluff where this oil excitement was; the citizens around there built one on the north side over a rather hard reef of rocks and canyons, so |