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Show 854 Took ( some soiiie ) machinery ( from froin ) Tickaboo down ( they the ) ( river Tiver ) to Hanson Creek , ( 3.8 1.8 ) ( miles nAles ) on raft and a boat . ( R . 3312 . ) Machinery was then freighted up ( Hanson Hauson ) Creek out to Hanksville , a distance of 125- miles , and then out over the desert to Flint , about 70 ( miles nifles ) . ( This Tbis ) is about 8 ( miles udles ) west of the ( juilc- juilc ) tion with ( the ttie ) Green . Did not take it on up ( the- the ) river ( from froin ) Tickaboo , as it was impossible . He madea trip ( from froin ) ( Greenriver recuriver ) , Utah , ( down doivu ) ( the-- the ) Green ( and cand ) Colorado Rivers to ( some soine ) place ( below below- below ) the cataracts , he believes , ( in iu ) ( November Noveniber ) , 1904 . ( He- He ) had a small ( sixteen-foot sixteenfoot sixteeii-foot sixteeiifoot ) light boat , decked over at both ends , and was accompanied by A . G . Turner , . who was operating the California Bar on the ( Colo- Colo ) rado River . They ( had bad ) their ( bedding beddhic ) and ( enough eliough ) grub to make the trip . ( R ( , . ) 3314 . ) He ( don't dont ) ( be- be be-- be ) believe the boat drew over six or eight ( inches inclies ) ( when wlieii ) ( they first started with their load . Between Greenriver and the mouth of the ( San Saii- Saii ) Rafael they ( didn't didnt ) have a bit of ( trouble-only troubleonly ) a . little rough water . From the ( month mouth ) of the ( San -San- San ) Rafael ( down dowit ) through ( he lie ) had a lot of trouble ( fiiid- fiiid ) ing ( a ti ) ( channel chamiel ) to get through the mud . ( There- There ) ( seemed seei-ned seeined ) to ( bo be ) ( 110 no ) place to go . The ivater was ( slial-- slial ) low and the river was spread out , ( and aiid ) ( he lie ) could get through by getting off and pulling the boat . He ( might miglit ) have found a ( channel cliannel ) , if he ( had liad ) looked , but they ( urould would ) get out and pull over , or if they ( couldn't couldnt couldii ) would back ( up tip ) and find ( somewhere soniewhere ) he could get through . ( He Ile ) got down , ( but blit ) the river was pretty |