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Show 13 -- 10-- " is a typical view in Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons. They are very much alike in their formation - palisades rise almost sheer from the river's edge; and they rise from 500 to 800 feet in height and are almost perpendicular." R. 50 He identifies Complainant's Exhibit No. 24, which " is the junction of the Green and Colorado Rivers. The walls here ( indicating) are about 1300 feet high, and the river is 200 or 300 feet wide, and, according to the Geological Survey, 25 or 30 feet deep. This picture shows that relatively high water is prevailing, on account of the driftwood. Also I compared this picture with pictures made by other expeditions, and the height of this water along the edge shows that it is a period of high water." R. 50- 51. " Other explorers on the river speak of the danger of falling rocks. This is almost the only place on the river where there was any great danger from falling rocks. But we had had heavy rains, and as we stood there, we spent a day and a half there, and these rocks, loosened by the heavy rains, came crashing down, probably a dozen or fifteen of them, during the day and a half that we were there." R51. He saw no other boats and no other people between Greenriver, Utah, and the confluence of these two rivers. In that stretch of the river they ran on to sandbars. Did not get big floods in that stretch of the river, but in Cataract Canyon. R. 51. " As long as you are bringing out difficulties, it |
