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Show 824 " Q. In how many places would you say you found the channel stable, that is, at the same point on your trip returning to Greenriver in May, up the river, that is, and your trip down the river in April? " A. I couldn't say as to that. " Q. You found it the same in a great many places, didn't you? " A. I expect we did. " Q. You know you did, don't you? " A. I don't know that we did, because if anybody can track that river up and down at the same place twice in succession, they could do better that I could. " Q. Rather difficult, isn't it? " A. Yes." R. 1955- 1956. He had written notes at the time, but they were lost. He cannot give an estimate as to the number of places where the channel had changed from where it was when he marked its location on the rocks with paint. R. 1956- 1957. Redirect Examination: ( R. Vol. 11, pp. 1958- 1974.) He never observed any sand waves on either the Green or Colorado Rivers on any of the trips, and never heard of any permits being granted by the Federal Government for placer mining operations. R. 1958. The dredge he was operating below Greenriver was river on the edge of the river itself, but on a bar suffi-ciently high so that ordinary high water would not reach it. When he was operating the boat, " Major Powell", he never operated it at night. The draft of the " Major Powell" |
