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Show 3271 Dent- 1296 your duties, practically all the western rivers carry some sand, don't they? A The rivers? Q Rivers of any consequence, I mean. A The rivers of the Southwest are very heavily laden. The rivers of the Northwest are so heavily laden, although they do carry some sand. Now, the rivers of the West slope to the Mississippi valley, that is, the Missouri, Arkansas and Red are heavy silt- carriers. Q The rivers that flow west from the Sierras carry a good deal of sand, don't they? A I am not familiar with the California rivers, your Honor. Q Neither by personal experience or by study? A Well, by study I know something about them, yes. Now, the Sacramento was very seriously damaged by placer mining - Q I don't want to go into details on any special rivers. I am leading up to a question I want cleared up in my mind. As a general statement that would be true, would it not, that most of these western rivers carry sand in vary-ing quantities? A Oh, in varying quantities, yes. Q And it is also true, isn't it, that these western river a are all generally subject to precipitation on from melting snow and to heavy rains in the late summer? |