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Show river from Greenriver , Utah 630 , to Lees Perry ; ( trips Uips ) to ( Stantoii Stanton ) dredge , to Olympia bar , ( and alid ) to ( Califor Califor- Califor ) ( nia 'nia nia ) Bar . Observed different stages of the river . Channel changes at all stages except at ( high hila-11 hila11 ) ( vater water ) . ( R . ( 2363-2364r-2365 23632364r2365 2363-2364-2365 ) . ) ( Sandbars Saudbars ) are left by ( higli bigh ) water ( on oil ) inside bend of river ; high water ( cleans cleaus ) the river ; ( summer stininier ) floods ( undo ulido ) the work of the high water , fills the channel full of sand again . During seven ( years' years ) observation of Colorado River ( he lie ) did not arrive at a knowledge that would enable him to follow a channel at a crossing without getting stuck on a ( sand saud ) bar because there is no channel there . ( R . 2365-2366 . ) Each year high water deposits sand ( on oil ) inside curve ; rains wash banks away , sand is distributed somewhere further down . ( R . 2366-2367 . ) Have to hunt for channel on a crossing . Every change in river volume jneans a ( rearrange rearrange- rearrange ) ment of channel bars and sand bars . The different stages of water make it a different river . ( R . 2367-2368 . ) Sand waves occur below the San Juan . ( R . 2369-2370 . ) In December 1911 made a trip from Hite to , , Lees Ferry , with Bert Seaboldt and George Meiss . Had a boat ( 18 IS ) ft . ( 52-inch 52inch ) beam flared sides and , , , flared bottom , draft 6 in . Purpose , placer mining . Not a motor boat . ( R . 2370-71-72 . ) ( Encoun Encoun- Encoun ) tered the usual sand bars ; ( run Tim ) on ( rock Tock ) in Trachyte Rapid ; ( run Tun ) on rock in rapid below ( Shock Shock- Shock ) rapid ; went through middle channel , hit a gravel reef . . ( R . 2371 . ) |