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Show the river did not have 138 sufficient water to float ( 'd d ) boat . ( Vol . 12 , P . 2313 . ) The extent of the use of boats , the difficulties in operation , and the ( pur- pur ) poses for which ( used -used used ) are set forth in the testimony of the following witnesses : Loper ( "Vol Vol ) 12 2312 et , . , p . seq . ; ( Baplee Raplee ) ( Yol Vol ) 3 462 et , . , p . seq . ; ( Mendenliall Mendenhall ) , Vol . 19 , p . 3454 et seq . Most of the supplies taken into the placer ( sec- sec ) tions ( went weilt ) in overland by pack animals or wagons . Nielson Vol 3 444 , . , p . ; ( Harshberger Elarshberger ) Yol 13 2502 , . , p , . The use of boats was temporary and vanished with the bursting of the gold boom . Placer miners in Glen Canyon prior to 1896 For approximately 7 or 8 years prior to 1896 , placer mining was carried on in ( Grlen Glen ) Canyon . A post office was established at Hite , Utah , on the Colorado River at the mouth of North Wash in 1889 . ( ( Yol "Vol Vol ) . 20 , p . 3567 . ) All of the mails and supplies ( were vere ) brought in overland via Hanksville . Greenriver , Utah , was considered generally as the railroad connection . These placer miners used ( flat-bottomed flatbottomed ) rowboats frequently to take supplies down the river from Hite . On trips down . the river considerable difficulty was encountered with rapids and ( sand s6nd ) bars . The upstream trips were |