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Show of any placer mines having ( 488 AQ8 ) been supplied , by ( boaL boat ) ' ' ( R . 1685 . ) ' Neverseen any boats except ferry boats on San Juan River . Small skiffs to ferry Indians over the river . Boat at mouth of Comb Wash ; one at mouth of ( McElmo AlcElmo ) . There were two oil booms , 1906 or 07 , and 1910 , or 1911 ; used team and wagon to haul freight , ( never never- never ) used river . Possible to get in to canyon of San Juan , at Comb Wash , where there is a crossing ; river open again at Mexican Hat ; possible to go down the Honaker trail . At Clay Hill Gulch ; mouth ( of of' of ) Moonlight Canyon . ( R . ( 1687-1688 16S7-1688 16S71688 ) . ) Low ( water Nvater ) observed at mouth of ( Moiitezuma Montezuma ) ; Bluff ; ( Mexican Alexican ) Hat ; CombNVash ; mouth of ( Moon Moon- Moon ) ¬ light Canyon ; Zahns Camp . ( R . ( 1688 168S ) . ) Dry seasons , normal width 125 to ( 150 I-DO IDO ) feet , depth from , ( few -few few ) ( inches iliches ) to knee deep . Has crossed on ( horse horse- horse ) ( back bac1z ) , on foot . ( R . 1689 . ) Crossed from one cobble to another at mouth of Comb Wash , ( Bear near ) mouth of Chinle Creek . Riffle , rocks little larger . Ferry at mouth of Comb Wash used in high water during June and July . ( R . 1690 . ) Latter part of July , rain starts river to rise ; ( re- re ) cedes during August ; September heavy showers ; spring of year when snows melt , river high ; use ferry from latter part of May until some time in July , sometimes first of August . ( R . 1690-1691 . ) Electric storms pile water in river in ( torrents torrents- torrents ) swell river two or three days ; goes down again . |