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Show 1914 Aug Sept Sawyer 164 - ( M R ( 6S 68 ) Abs R ) . , . , . . . , . . , vol . 1 , pp . ( 000-604 600-604 ) : ) Scows taking drilling outfit down Green River grounded on sand bars ; used block and tackle to get them off ; shoving and reversing paddle wheel on ( Mar Mar- Mar ) guerite to get them free ; wide shallow places in river ; bars choked water off and shot it over against bank at bends ; took work to keep outfit off rocks ; all boats grounded frequently ( R . 2099-2100 ) ; going back up Green River grounded on sand bars ; encountered series of gravel bars , shallow fast water , not possible to bring outfit up over bars ; unloaded at ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) ranch ( R . ( 2104-2115 2104-2113" ) ) ; lost 90 feet of drill rods and casing through flood ( R . 2110-2111 ) ; sand bars ( con- con ) tinual occurrence on river ; jumped into shallow water , pushed the barge off ; barge drew very little water ( R . 2117 ) . 1915 , Oct . , Ross . - ( AL R . 69 , Abs . R . , vol . 2 , p . 1067 : ) Had usual fair trip , hit and miss ; bumped along on the shallow places ; clear sailing between sand bars ; coming back had as good trip as expected ; got wet once in a while shoving off . ( R . 4231 . ) 1919 Feb Mendenhall - ( M R 69 Abs R vol , . , . . . , . . , . 2 , p . 895 : ) Usual kind of trip rowing and towing . ( R . 3500- 3504 . ) 1921 , Sept . , Frantz . - ( M . R . 69 , Abs . R . , vol . 2 , pp . 1175-1180 : ) Low water ; no trouble going down or coming up ; hit one sand bar , delayed four or five minutes ; never |