opportunity to ship.  As soon as the weather is settled and I think the roads are in good condition I intend to look over the road to Craig and make final arrageemtns for getting the freight there.



I have tried my best to get better rates than $1.50 but considering the time of the year, the impossiblity of getting a back haul, and the fact that it is almost 100 miles to the first town, there appears to be no prospect of getting a better rate.  In fact I hardly think the haulers can afford a cheaper rate.  Int he summer time we could undoubtedly do better.



There is considerable material which we do not consider valuable and some duplicate material which we are side tracking and not preparing to ship.  Thsi is in line with the recommendiations of Coggeshall and Peterson.  It is off the Monument and most of it in crates and it can be shipped later or part of it if deemed advisable.



Our new estimate corresponds with the older one that there will be about 60 tons, 120,000 pounds to ship, so I think the cost of trucking the stuff to Craig will be in the neighborhood of $1800.  Of course the estimates may be quite a distance from the mark.



Earl Douglass