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Show in general , the river during 531 the ( months nionths ) of October and September , unless there are rains , is low . He crossed the San Juan River both above and below Bluff , which crossings were necessary in order to make the surveys . He took into ( consider consider- consider ) ation the character of the river bed , as that was part of his scientific ( woi'k woik work ) . ( R . 1837 . ) ( Tlie The ) bed of the stream was quicksand ; very ( dan- dan ) gerous in fording , and in most places sand waves were ( running unning ) . Some of these were twelve to ( eight eight- eight ) ( een eeia ) inches in height , and the water was shallow , not more than ( twenty-four twentyfour ) to ( thirty-six thirtysix ) inches deep on the average . ( R . 1838 . ) Water about ( twenty-four twentyfour ) or ( thirty-six thirtysix ) inches deep ; it seemed uniform throughout the whole stretch of river we worked on . A possible dam site was located , of course , in the canyon between two narrow walls ; at that ( particu particu- particu ) lar point we had rock clear across the bed of the river he has been previously referring to , the river bed above the dam site where it widens out into , the reservoir site . The dam site just had rock across the stream bed . ( R . 1838 . ) A dam site was surveyed on the ( San Sail ) Juan River , just below Chinle Creek , as it was planned to take in the discharge of this creek . At this point a dam was contemplated about two hundred and fifty feet in height above the bed of the stream . A dam this high would submerge the whole ( area areEi ) in the reservoir site probably forty or fifty miles |