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Show 922 I ( Equipment Xquipment ) for operating the claiins was ( tal'Cen talCen ) ill by varron from Greenriver ( Utah ) to the San Rafael . . He was there a matter of a few months , and then did some ( ranching rancliing ) on a small ranch about 5 or 6 miles north of Greenriver . The ranch consisted of 25 or 30 acres of fruit , , about ( one-half onehalf ) mile back from the river , and was reached by wagon road . . He never used the river for the purpose of reaching his ranch , which , was subsequently abandoned . ( R . . 3651 . . ) About that time ( he be ) received employment from the Government as ( boatman boati-nan boatinan ) for the Reclamation Service in the year 1914 . Previous to this time his only experience in boating was with canoes , rowboats , and motor boats in the east . The Government party with which he was employed was under the charge of John F . Richardson . He ( ( Shaw Sha-sv Shasv ) ) was hired on a salary and also to furnish the boats , . ( R . 3652 ) He used a power boat 14 or 16 feet long , , narned the Belle of Shannon , which would draw 4 to 8 inches of water , empty . It was equipped with a ( two-cylinder twocylinder ) marine engine , fixed permanently to the boat . The boat was purchased from Capicki . . ( R . 3653 . ) In getting the boat the party ( had bad ) gone ahead . . The boat party was to meet up at ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) Ranch , and be launched it at Greenriver ; ; left with the boat at Greenriver , the Belle of Shannon , , and went down from there to ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) Ranch , , where the freight and equipment bad been loaded on the larger barge , , and left with the party from there . Between ( Green- Green ) riverand ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) Ranch , he encountered difficulty |