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Show river was the camp near the 74 mouth of Nokai Canyon , from which point we would supply other camps . ( R . 2747-50 , Vol . 15 . ) In the lower section our survey barely crossed the river but in the eastern section we surveyed back several miles , ( R . 2753 , Vol . 15 . ) Robert C . ( Yundt Ymidt ) testified : I am a Surveyor with the U . S . Land Office . ( R . 2761 , Vol . 15 . ) In 1926 ( I 1 ) was on the survey from a point 10 miles above Moab bridge down to a point several miles below the mouth of Indian Creek on the Colorado . In this work we used an ( out- out ) board motor boat . At low water sand bars interfered with the operation of our boats . There was one place below Lockhart where the channel would change and at times we would have to go down and around the bar and come into camp from the lower side ; at other times the channel would be free so we could come directly into camp . At other places I have observed that we ( couldn't couldnt ) always follow the same channel and there would be changes in the channel observable during low water . ( R . 2773-5 , Vol . 15 . ) Supplies for our camps came part by boat , part overland . ( R . 2776-7 , Vol . 15 . ) In August , 1926 , the large Moab Garage boat ( was vas ) stuck on a sand bar for the greater part of a day , and in August , 1927 , we were hung up for a short time at one place in going from Lockhart to Moab . ( R . 2778-9 , Vol . 15 . ) ( I 1 ) never saw any member of our party cross the Colorado River on horseback or afoot . ( R . 2780 , Vol . 15 . ) In 1927 some of our survey work was quite a ways back from the Colorado River . ( R . 2782 , Vol . ( 15 1-5 ) . ) The sand bar difficulties that I encountered on the river were at low water , principally in 1926 ; in 1927 and 1928 ( I 1 ) ( didn't didnt ) have much trouble with sand bars . Throughout 1926 the Moab Garage Company was operating its boats , including the big barge . ( R . 2785-6 , Vol . 15 . ) In doing our survey work along the river we would cross the stream back and forth ; would land quite ( fre- fre ) quently ; at times we would hug the shore to get down a little lower , to some desirable point ; we would only use the main channel of the river in going to and from work . It ( was ivas ) usually more shallow on one side of the river than , on the other and when we went over to the more shallow part we more frequently encountered bars . I would say that most of the bars that we encountered in that work was when we were crossing back and forth . We always |
