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Show width of the river at those points 38 where I saw it would be from 125 to 150 feet and its normal depth there in dry season would be from a few inches to knee deep . I have mostly crossed the river on horseback but I have gone across the river stepping from one stone to another without getting in the water . ( R . 1688-9 , Vol . 9 . ) The place where I crossed from one stone to the other was at the mouth of Comb Wash , where there are larger rocks so placed that in extreme low water you can step from one to the other . I ( don't dont ) think it was ever necessary to run ferry boats there for more than 90 days except when the rains came . ( R . 1690-1 , Vol . 9 . ) We had a ( 30-foot 30foot ) ferry boat at Comb Wash and the only other boats I have seen are ordinary 12 to ( 16-foot 16foot ) skiffs , with flat bottom , and a width of 5 to 6 feet . ( R . 1692 , Vol . 9 . ) Except when the first gold boom was on , I ( don't dont ) think there have been more than ( twenty-five twentyfive ) men at one time placer mining on the San Juan . ( R . 1694 , Vol . 9 . ) The country west of Bluff is very poor agricultural country , with some little patches that can be dry farmed up near the Elk Mesas . ( R . 1697 , Vol . 9 . ) ( I 1 ) never knew of Indians boating on the river . ( R . 1698 , Vol . 9 . ) ( I 1 ) have seen the San Juan frozen over with ice 10 or 12 inches thick ; some years it will run mush ice , which is the usual condition . ( R . 1700 , Vol . 9 . ) On the occasion when I saw the San Juan River dry , it remained dry for a short time only , ( "possibly possibly 'tpossibly tpossibly ) a couple of days . " ( R . 1701 , Vol . 9 . ) My brother , Frank , who has been a witness in this casef as well as I myself , has an interest in an oil company ( R . 1702 , Vol . 9 ) ; that company has a United States oil permit covering ( lands lahds ) which lie near the San Juan River but not in the river bed , although ( possi possi- possi ) ¬ bly one corner of the permit extends into the bed of the ( can- can ) yon . ( R . 1704 , Vol . 9 . ) Owen R . Clark testified : I have lived at Lees Ferry since August , 1922 , and ant Recorder for the U . S . G . S . On November 10 , 1927 , ( I 1 ) left Green River Utah , with a party in charge of Mr . LaRue . ( R . 1707 , Vol . 9 . ) The purpose of the trip was to take moving pictures . We had six boats 18 feet long , ( 5-foot 5foot ) beam , and two ( 16-foot 16foot ) boats . ( R . 1708 , Vol . 9 . ) Between Green River , Utah , and the mouth of the San Rafael we had no severe trouble except that two of the boats grounded , and I think they were 15 or 20 minutes getting loose . Between the mouth of the San Rafael and the mouth of the Green the only trouble |
