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Show 894 channel open, and we were hung up there for ten or fifteen minutes; we couldn't see whether we were moving or not; fin we would gain a foot or so; finally got the whole outfit past that point; and of course we had our daily round of grounding on sand-bars; pick out the wrong channels amongst the sandbars and have to back up and push off and start again. " Q. Has Mr. Wimmer with you? " A. Yes. " Q. Was he in charge of the navigation? " A. I think he had the contract for the freighting of the outfit out of there." R. 2112- 2113. It took the four or five days to come out with the outfit, to Wimmer's ranch; which is located about twenty- five miles below Greenriver, Utah. They stopped there " for the reason between that point and Greenriver, Utah, there are a series of gravel bars which are shallow, fast water, and wasn't possible to bring the outfit up over those bars." R. 2113- 2114. The drill, and the other equipment was then unloaded at Wimmer's ranch, and it was transported by wagon to Green-river, Utah, and shipped by rail to Green River, Wyoming. All the boats that went down the river came back up, with the exception of one row boat, which was lost at the junction. The row boats were fastened to the barge, and towed up; and were simply used for trans-portation back and forth across the river. R. 2114- 2115. The two scows were pushed up the river, and the " Betsy Ann" came up under her own power. R. 2115. Prior to the drilling operations he was in charge of the survey party, and this survey was started at Greenriver, Utah, and included the portion of the country above Green-river for a few miles. As soon as they brought the survey |