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Show Record twenty times on this trip and recall one specific instance; the 2499 first time we got stuck made an impression. I also recall the instance when the other boat was stuck and we went by. There are some other instances I don't recall, but those two are out-standing in my recollection. Benjamin D. Harshberger testified for complainant on direct examination as follows: 2500 I live in Arizona, where I keep a store and service station. In 1892 and 1893 I did some mining along the San Juan 2501 River. I went overland via Winslow, Arizona, to Box Canyon on the San Juan River, located about forty miles below Bluff, taking 2502 our supplies in with us. When we arrived there were possibly twenty- five other miners there besides our party. I remained there about two months, during which time we received more supplies overland from Winslow. The other miners I have spoken of 2503 obtained their supplies by pack horses form Bluff. During that two months period I didn't see any boats on the river. Later on I saw a few row boats on the San Juan River. I returned to that country about 1902 during a small oil excitement. The gold 2504 stampede to the San Juan River was in 1892. There were some oil seep-ages along the San Juan River and a considerable amount of drilling was done, some in 1904, but mostly about 1906, 1908 and 1910. I was in there most of the time from 1902 to 1921 personally doing 2505 some drilling. I put down a well near Mexican Hat. We hauled our tools and casing in there by team, via Bluff from 2506 Colorado points. The biggest part of our freight rate from the railroad to Mexican Hat was the haul from Bluff down, where the 2507 roads were very bad. In 1915 I moved to Monticello, but since then have been back and forth, having some land on the river. I have seen some small row boats on the San Juan River, mostly be-longing to prospectors who came down the San Juan River from Farmington. I never knew of any one bringing in machinery in 331 |