Could be, Kendall, but they wouldn't last very long from that. Also, knowing what I do of my great uncle, greatgrandad who also hauled ore by muletrain in Leadville, CO, my granddad and my dad, anyone around them who did would be liable to get skinned themselves. They did not abide any kind of cruelty to get an animal to do something, not even a mule.:-)

kat