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Show 877 rfiapping areal geology or structural features of the country , showing its . possibilities for oil and gas productions . . He used his notes as a guide and notes that on August 4th they travelled ( thirty-four thirtyfour ) and ( one-half onehalf ) iniles by river to about Mile 30.5 . His notes do not indicate time he landed at IVIoab , but from his ( recol- recol ) lection , judged it to be about 10.30 A . Al . ( R . 3922- 3923 . . ) Mile 30.5 is ( tdken taken ) from the old Green River map , which begins at the mouth of the river as zero . On the trip the boat was grounded in a number of places , the exact locality of which he is not able to say . . He was lookout and had to get out and ( wade -wade wade ) around to find where the best possibility of going ahead was and would drag the boat in that direction alone , , if possible , until the water got ( knee-deep kneedeep ) , which was deep enough to float the boat . Mr , . ( Tur- Tur ) pin would be sitting in the boat ready to start the motor the minute it would be free to go ahead . IThey bad one particularly bad time at a place a few milesabove Kane Creek , ( where '"'rhere rhere ) the outside curve of the river , , which ordinarily would be deep , was ( t-iken tiken ) and there was not enough water to float the boat . . He got out , waded around fifty or sixty yards on each side of the boat , perhaps farther , without finding deep enough water . Mr . . Turpin had to get out finally and , with one pulling and the other ( push- push ) ing and lifting as much as possible , edged the boat down and dragged it one hundred yards or raore before reaching deep enough water to float it . . ( 33307-31-VOL 3330731VOL ) . 2-9-10 |