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Show Record 3103 pumps at Marysvale and they were hauled to Lee's Ferry, one of the boilers going on to the mouth of Warm Creek. Messrs. Spencer, Parkins and some Englishmen went to Lee's Ferry with me. In the 3104 fall of 1910 I went to San Juan country in the employ of the American Placer Corporation, going to a place on the river thirty- five miles downstream from Mexican Hat. I acted as assistant fireman on the boat called the Charles Spencer; that was on its second trip from Warm Creek to Lee's Ferry. I Left Warm Creek 3105 at about one o'clock and got to Lee's Ferry the next day about four. On the trip we were stuck on sand bars and we could not handle the boat until we put a big log chain on it, which we dragged out in front to hold the nose of the boat straight up the river. This chain was about one hundred feet long or more. We carried wagons and equipment down to Lee's ferry that trip, taking them on the steamboat because we did not have any barge 3106 or other boat hooked up with us. We left Lee's Ferry for Warm Creek next day and the up journey consumed about two days. We did not use the log chain going upstream. I later made another trip with the steamboat from Warm Creek to Lee's Ferry, when we carried about five tons of coal. We made that trip in about a day. Right after my arrival at Lee's Ferry I left there and 3107 went to Paria to work for the same company. There were two companies there, the other company being called the Paria Mining Company. After that I returned to Lee's Ferry maybe once or twice a year for three years. I have been to the small coal mine above Warm Creek, which was the first mine they opened. The last time I was at the mouth of Warm Creek I saw about one hundred tons of coal there. I have never been right at Warm Creek since, 3108 but have been up on top of the ledge, and the coal is all covered up. I know that the Violet Louise was there, but don't know much about any of the boats except the Charles Spencer. I took coal by pack outfit from Warm Creek to Lee's Ferry, my last trip being 3109 some time in march, 1912, which was the time when the Charles |
