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Show tools , a couple of scrapers 851 , a plow or two , ( small si"I'llt- siIllt ) things , ( aiid alid ) food stuff that could be handled on a pack horse . Took stock ( on oii ) to bar by ( swimming swinuning ) , across the river . ( R . ( 3298-3299 3298-23299 ) . ) In 1899 ( worked vorked ) on the Stanton Dredge . ( Sup- Sup ) plies came in by way of Hanksville from ( Green- Green ) river and ( came canie ) to top of ledge about a mile and a . half above Bull Frog rapids . Shot a road ( down dowil ) the ledge . Had a barge on a cable , with a ( wind wind- wind ) ( lass hiss ) ( and Cand ) would handle drill ( and ind ) machinery up and down the ( river ri-ver river ) this way . Never saw barge ( moved nioved ) any way but by winding it up , a distance of ( approxi approxi- approxi ) ( mately niately ) 1 % ( miles nAles ) . ( R . 3300-3301 . ) They had a gasoline ( launch launcli ) and he has seen them try to pull the barge ( up tip ) with the launch , but could not do it . ( Launch Ltunch ) did well to get up itself without pulling ( barge blairge ) . Could not pull barge in either high or low water , ( R . 3301-3302 . ) Was troubled in ( low lwr ) ( water wateT ) at times on mud and sand bars that would accumulate during ( changes chinges ) in stage of ( water witer ) . The river or current ( changed changecl ) as water raised or fell . Mush ice runs in February . ( R , 3303-3304 . ) When ( he lie ) says the current of the creek , ( he lie ) does not mean the side washes , he ( means ineaus ) the river itself , and when the ( water ivater ) conditions change , the ( current cuTrent ) changes as the water raised or fell ; for ( instance histauce ) , where the dredge was , it was nearly a flat river and the sand bars would accumulate across the river and you would go in and ( liave have ) ( plenty pleuty ) of water , and you |