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Show ( I 1 ) saw other boats besides those 173 of our party in use upon the river and going up and downstream ( with -with with ) men and ( sup- sup ) plies . I went down the river to the Strauss party , about a mile below ( Hall's Halls ) Crossing . I rafted lumber from Moquie Canyon to the Stanton dredge , encountering no trouble . About the spring of 1901 ( I 1 ) helped Mr . Bennett build a raft and boat , and we took machinery , groceries and grain down to Olympia bar . Later I rafted some timber from the mouth of Tickaboo to Olympia bar . The only difference between rafting in high water and at the lowest stage would be that you would have to build the raft lighter and larger at the lowest stage . ( R . 5314-7 , Vol . 30 . ) During the years that I was on the Colorado I frequeently made trips up and down the river , 15 or 20 miles each way from camp , making some trips up as far as Dandy Crossing , which was 35 miles from Moquie bar . While there I worked some of the time for myself , some of the time for Mr . ( Stanton's Stantons ) company , for the Moquie Mining Company , and for L . M . Chaffin . I have gone down the river below Shock bar and 12 or 15 miles below Lake Canyon but have never observed any ledge of rock in that section extending clear across the river . There is a channel through the ledge located near Lake Canyon , which channel is about 40 feet wide . ( R . 5318-21 , Vol . 30 . ) ( I 1 ) have been on the river below Hite in every month of the year except August . In poling I have had opportunity to observe depths of water , . and I know of no difficulty or obstacle that would prevent or make difficult the navigation , either up or downstream , of that portion of the river over which I have done boating with a boat ( drawing dra-wing drawing ) two feet of water . Most of the boats I saw there were made by the miners who were working on the bars . Supplies came to the river overland . ( R . ( 5321-6 5321.6 ) , Vol . 30 . ) Edward T . Wolverton testified : I am 67 years old , and went to Green River , Utah , in 1900 . ( R . 5327 , Vol . 30 . ) In 1900 ( I 1 ) made a round trip from ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) Ranch to the junction of the rivers in a row boat having a draft of about 9 inches . This was in February , at a very low stage of water , and the minimum depth I found in the channel was two feet . The same year I made a round trip from my ranch to Green River , Utah , towing the boat up the riffles and ( rowing ro-wing rowing ) it the remainder of the distance . Next year we built an ( 18-foot 18foot ) row boat , with a ( 3-foot 3foot ) beam ; we ( success- success ) |
