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Show The ( boat'dragged boatdragged ) a chain 62 100 feet long , made out of ( five-eighths fiveeighths ) inch iron , in order to hold the boat from slipping around in the whirlpools , and from ( getting gettiiig ) on sand bars , and for the same reason they had to travel downstream backwards with the boat and let the chain drag from the front . ( When- When ) ever the boat stopped , the chain had to be taken in ( immediately fininediately ) , or it would get in the sand and ( become beco'ine becoine ) ( lost 'lost lost ) . They lost two chains in that way . Johnson Abs . R . Vol . 2 , pp . 789-790 ) . ( Beiween Between ) Greenriver , Utah , and ( Mouth Alouth ) of San Rafael ( M . R . 86 , Exceptions 24 , 26 , 27 , 29 ) . ( -The The ) total drop of the 22.4 mile stretch between Greenriver and the mouth of the San Rafael is 59 feet , an average rate of 2.6 feet to the mile . Of the total fall 37 feet were concentrated at 14 riffles , having a ( total totat ) length of 4 miles with an average drop of 9.3 feet to the mile . In this stretch of the river Ross , with a boat drawing seven inches , grounded ( Abs . R . Vol . 2 , 1055 ) ; the ( Major 31ajor ) Powell tied up at ( Halver- Halver ) ( son's sons sonys ) Ranch because it could not ascend the riffles ; the Undine punched a hole in the ( bottom bottoin ) of ( the tha ) boat ( Abs . R . Vol . 2 , p . 1059 ) ; City of ( Moab Alloab ) grounded frequently , and on return trip tied up at ( Wolverton's Wolvertons ) because it could not ascend riffles ; as the Cliff Dweller it could not make Greenriver on the ( upstream upstreani ) trip ( Abs . R . Vol . 1 , p . 179 ) ; Kolb in a row boat struck on a rock ( Abs . R . Vol . 1 , pp . 214 , 218 ) ; Clark did likewise ( Abs . R . Vol . 1 , p . 492 ) ; ( sup- sup ) . plies for government party were hauled overland to ( Vimmer's Vimmers Wirnmer's Wirnmers ) Ranch because ( they -they they ) had difficulty |