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Show Record I did not let it go of its own weight. I retarded that effect very accurately by the brake on the windlass as it went down toward the bottom. I let it go down until it would proceed no further of its own weight. I did not think it would penetrate several inches of mud. There did not seem to be a rock bottom there from the effect of the weight. I do not believe there is any stage of the river that it would be possible to lower that milk bottle without the weight. 3865 Kelly W. Trimble testified for complainant on direct examination as follows: I am 44 years old. I am a topographic engineer, at 3866 present employed by the Interior Department of the Government. My training has consisted of four years at the Washington & Lee University and 23 years with the Geological Survey. In the year 1921 I was connected with the making of a plan and profile survey of a portion of the Colorado and a portion of the San Juan River. The party was organized at Greenriver, Utah. I think we started down the river, or rowed our boats to a point near Bluff, on July 18, 1921. It was the same expedition on which Mr. Miser was a member as a geologist and Mr. Blake and Mr. Loper were the boatmen. 3867 The object of the survey was investigating the feasibility of reservoir and dam sites on the San Juan and Colorado Rivers, the power possibilities. We run the survey to a contour limit of 3900. Prior to reaching 3900, which does not extend up the river as far as Chinle Creek, I only considered the canyon walls or adjacent territory and very little elevation, 40 to 100 feet; after reaching the limiting contour of 3900, I mapped the topography in all cases up to that point. I was chief of the party and one of my duties was to arrange for supplies. I had to arrange for supplies in the way of 3868 purchases. I think I purchased some in Salt Lake City and moved them by truck to Goodridge, a portion of which was taken on our boats before arriving at Goodridge, and then later arranging with |
