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Show 179 that ranch, when the road passed into the desert, into the sand, and it was impossible to go beyond that point, even with a sedan. Q Where is Rimmer's ranch with reference to the mouth of the San Rafael? A What used to be Rimmer's ranch is right across from the mouth of the San Rafael. Q This place you call Rimmer's ranch, is that an irrigated ranch, or just what is there? A At one time probably 300 or 400 acres might have been irrigated with a wheel, the location of which was in the river somewhat about the mouth of the San Rafael. Apparently, there are some possibilities of irrigation, provided sufficient money is spent to maintain a wheel to divert the water to a higher level. Q Well, is there anybody there now? A No one is there now; the house has fallen in; there are no signs of any one living there, I should say, for three or four years, possibly. Q Are there any other ranches between there and Greenriver on the east side of the Green River? A On the east side, there is one, apparently an improved ranch that we saw no one at. Down below that, at a point possibly three or four miles above the mouth of the San Rafael, we met a man there-- whether he was a ranchman or not, I do not know. He was living down there. We saw no signs 2142 |