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Show Record he was there I drove a four- horse team down the river bed about 2085 twenty miles and came back the same way. In 1902 we stretched a 2085 cable across to catch driftwood. When I returned in 1915 just the roof of our buildings was sticking out from the covering of sand. Hector M. Zahn testified on cross examination as follows: 2086 Our mining claims were located some times between 1890 and 1900 and our company came into possession of the in 1902. When I went there in 1902 the houses afterwards used by us had already 2087 been built. I think they were built about six or seven feet above the high water as I saw the high water when I first arrived there. When I firs saw these hoses there were no signs of their having 2088 been previously flooded. On my return in 1915 the sand was heaped up there. Undoubtedly the river bed had raised ten or twelve feet feet during my absence. When I first saw the houses at our camp they were in good condition and had the appearance at that time of being old structures. I suppose they had been built there by some 2089 of the former owners. I wish to change my answer that those 2090 buildings had the appearance of being old structures when I first saw them because I don't know. They had the appearance of being new structures. I don't know how old they were but they were in good condition; they didn't appear to be old. Otto J. Zahn, recalled for further cross examination, Testified as follows: 2091 I stated that the dry condition of the river described by me 2092 was in 1904, when I diverted the steam. That was my first year there. I am quite sure that my first trip into the San Juan country was in May, 1904; that I stayed there for approximately one month, leaving in June. I recall that I was asked as to the condition of the river at that time. I recall answering that the river was rather shallow and that I stated in response to a question put by the Special Master that it was two hundred feet wide and I think it was about that width, although maybe not so much |
