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Show 1058 " A Ball mills and settling tanks, a few tanks for leaching, ammonia tanks; they were quite heavy, so heavy we rather figured there might be such a thing as getting them down from Greenriver by water. But we investigated that -" R. 2511. ( Note: Discussion by Special Master and Counsel, R. Vol. 13, pp. 2511- 2514.) He investigated the possibilities of bringing mining machinery down the Green and Colorado Rivers to Hite, investigation being to the rapids above Hite and also from Greenriver down to Wimmer's ranch. He did not go through Cataract Canyon. R. 2514. " Q Now, after you made that investigation, what conclusion did you come to? ( Note: Discussion by counsel, R. Vol. 13, pp. 2515- 2516. Question was held inadmissible, pp. 2516.) " A That is was safer practice to haul them overland." R. 2515- 2516. After coming to this conclusion he loaded machinery on wagons at Greenriver [ Utah] and hauled it to Hite by way of Hanksville and North Wash. After arriving at Hite he built a ferry and ferried the machinery across the river, and moved it up to White Canyon with teams, after fixing up and old road a distance of about thirty miles from the Colorado River. The ferry boat constructed was about twenty- eight feet long, twelve feet wide, and had a draft of about fifteen inches. The lumber for constructing the ferry boat was hauled overland from Greenriver. R. 2516- 2517. Cross Examination, ( R. Vol. 13, pp. 2518- 2521) When he first went down the San Juan River in 1892 placer miners wee scattered over the river for a distance of about |
