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Show 1057 first time I was in there prospecting, in 1892; we crossed back and forwards in December, with knee boots, and we didn't get our knees wet." R. 2508- 2509. He has had a one experience on the Colorado River near Hite, where he was interested in some mining property in White Canyon, in 1907 and 1908. He entered the Colorado River about three miles above Hite, where he put in a cable ferry. He went to Hite overland from Bluff with pack animals and went out from Hite by way of Hanksville and Greenriver, overland. R. 2509. " Q When you left Bluff with this pack train, just what road did you follow to get to the Colorado River? " A An old road the Normon people had in there when they first went as emigrants; at that time it was of no use, couldn't use it as a road, so everybody packed up with animals. " But from the other side there was a road -" R. 2509- 2510. The outfit consisted of two or three men, probably half a dozen pack animals and provisions and a few tools. They reached the Colorado River near Hite, at the mouth of White Canyon, crossed the river to Hite and went out by Hanksville to Greenriver. " Q How did you cross the river? " A In a row boat; a few times we could get our animals over on a bar just above the post office about four or five hundred feet or a thousand feet, we could cross on the bar; maybe twenty feet the animals would swim." R. 2510. When he first went to Hite he spent the summers of 1908, 1907 and 1908 prospecting there. While he was there it was necessary from time to time to obtain supplies and they were usually hauled from Hanksville, some machinery being taken in from Greenriver. " Q Tell me about the character of the machinery that you brought in, and the weight, if you will. |