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Show Nielsen- D 448 and washed out, and new sediment formed in the place of it. Q Have you ever been connected with this enterprise to attempt to control the river there at Bluff? A Yes sir. Q What was done there at Bluff? A We rip rapped there, put cottonwoods along the bank of the river, and loaded them down with rock, and then one time we put a dam across the river and turned it in another course altogether, above Bluff about a mile. Q Did you get any effect from those improvements, as far as confining the river was concerned? A Yes sir. Q What was the effect? A We would rip- rap the banks; that is the only bottom on the San Juan river as I know of, where Bluff is located now, that has not been moved with the x high water and the quicksand; we used to rip rap there and change the river and put it over on the other side to hold our farming land from washing away. Q What about quicksand further down the river? A After you get down below Bluff three or four miles, the country has been washed away; the place we call Sand Island flats, a mile or two wide, that has all been washed out. After you get below there the country boxes in; there isn't much bottom land from there on down until you get way down, about seventy- five miles, only just little bottoms here and there; it boxes in; there isn't very big bottoms; the canyon boxes in there. 2414 |