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all I kept no journal.

Q When you commenced your
engagement as bookkeeper of the
RMC & I Co. [Rocky Mountain Coal & Iron Co.] did you have
any conversation with Gen.
Colton as to what books
you should keep?

A Yes Sir.

Q State what that conver--
sation was.

A I asked him if I should
keep a full set of books for
the RMC & I Co. [Rocky Mountain Coal & Iron Co.] I told him
if I did keep those accounts
as they would be kept at
the mine, it would be a
large amount of work, and
it would be more than one
man could do, because it
would be a transcription of all
the accounts that came from
the mine. He reflected a mo--
ment and said no: He said the
accounts will be kept in de--
tail at the mine, and will
be sent here, that is the tran--
scripts will be sent here, state-
mets and reports and every --

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