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Show 4073 Sawyer- D 2094 your occupation? A Surveying and engineering. Q Were you formerly connected with the United States government? A Yes, I worked for them a number of years, reclamation service. Q Have you ever been on any section of the Green or the Grand rivers? A Yes, I have been on that section between Greenriver, Utah, and what is known as the junction, and also on that stretch of the Grand between Moab and the junction. Q What year was that, if you recall? A 1914. Q What was the occasion of your being in that particular part of the country? A Why, I was sent up there with a party from the Yuma project under John F. Richardson, to make a recognizance and survey there for reservoir and dam sites along that stretch of the river. Q Were several of these dam sites investigated, or was it confined to one site? A I investigated three different dam sites. Q Give me the locations, please. A The first one we surveyed, and also carried on some diamond drill borings at the site itself; surveyed the |