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Show 79 the cars at Thompson , unload again at Moab and reload onto the boat and then unload at destination . . There , is seldom a producing oil field with less than three wells , , and the size of a I loab Garage boat then in use was not sufficient to supply a producing oil field ; ; it might require twenty such boats . ( R . 2903-11 , Vol . 16 . ) When I speak of bringing in material for a producing oil field I have in mind a ( 5-year 5year ) period . A complete drilling rig for a depth of 4500 feet weighs a million pounds , in round figures . . ( R . . 2912 , Vol . 16 . ) Exhibit 461 is a reconnaissance I made for a pipe line . ( R . 2914 , ( Vol 'Vol Vol ) . 16 . ) Exhibits 462 and 463 are maps of a road survey I made for the proposed road to Well No . 1 . ( R , 2922 , Vol . 16 . ) 1 have taken three trips on the Moab Garage Company ( barge- barge ) it had sand bar trouble on my first trip only . I was frequently on the Colorado River with the small passenger boat with which we got stuck on sand bars at different times and at other times made the passage quite freely . At every trip we found a shifting of channel which would at times occur within a few hours ; at times I believe we found the channel in the same place . ( R . 2925-6 , Vol . 16 . ) 1 was around Bluff during the summer of 1926 , and I think also in 1921 , but I ( didn't didnt ) go west of Bluff . As I recall , the river then had a discharge of 4000 ( second-feet secondfeet ) . I would hesitate to say how wide it was there at Bluff . ( R . 2927-8 , Vol . 16 . ) Our purpose in making the road survey was to prepare an estimate of the cost of a road in the event that we had a producing oil field . ( R . 2930 , Vol . 16 . ) 1 am not sure whether my company was one of the defendants in the suit brought by the State of Utah and Texas Oil Company . ( R . . 2944 , Vol . 16 ) It is not necessarily the practice of my company to make a reconnaissance before they go to the expense of getting their equipment and supplies on the ground for drilling operations . ( R . 2949 , Vol . 16 . . ) When my company expected to drill at Elk Ridge it built a road before any drilling operations were ( com- com ) menced . ( R . . 2952 , Vol . 16 ) 1 think the Moab Garage boat would cost about one and a half times ( possibly twice ) as much as the type of truck I had in mind for use on a road . . The truck would carry six tons and that boat would carry fifteen tons . We ( didn't didnt ) at any time contemplate the construction of a road until and unless a producing oil field was developed there , and until that time we decided it to be more feasible and practicable to use boats on the |
