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Show 72 -- 69-- about the same position. Any different stage of the water will, of course, change conditions there, but the bar itself has maintained, apparently, its same relative position for about 20 years. " Q What is a crossing bar? " A A crossing bar is a bar which builds itself up in a river, or is built up, generally in straight stretches of the river between bends, and is formed by a deposit of silt and sediment, and a long diagonal bar extending from one bank to the other; it may be 1,000, 2,000, or 3,000 feet long, as compared with a river with a width of 400 or 500 feet." R. 164. The river is confined, in general, between rock walls; so that the limits within which it can wander are limited by the rock walls. R. 165. " These bare have, apparently, been formed and apparently are maintaining themselves in the river, and are peculiar to the stretch of river above the San Rafael. The Cable bar and riffle, on Plate 16, is shown as I found 1t on October 30th. Now, I can make no comparison between this and the Army engineer's survey. Apparently, the bar was not there then: there was no reference made to the bar and riffle." R. 165- 166. That is the bar that he has termed the Cable bar. 109.9 miles above the mouth of the Green River. " The next bar is a crossing bar, at a point 1009 miles above the mouth, which is also an independent survey, no comparison being made." R. 166. This is shown on Plate 17 Complainant's Exhibit No. 76. |