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Show trips , one to the junction 1293 of the rivers ( when' when ) his brother , Virgil , took a government party down . . ( R . 5071 . ) The party consisted of ( Colonel Colone'l Colonel ) Dent and Mr . Ryan . He has not driven the boat himself but Virgil has been down to No . 1 and No . 2 wells for the oil company to get some little tools for them . The boat is still at the docks already to go at any time and they arq , looking for passengers , but none have come . ( R . 5072 . ) The other trips spoken of were made in November , possibly finished after the first of December [ 1929 ] . The purpose of these trips was for moving oil well . equipment from Lockhart , Shafer No . ( 1 I ) and No . ( 1-A 1A I-A IA ) , wells . Not all of the equipment was brought out . The equipment brought out is lying at the dock . . ( R . 5072 , 5073 . ) There is not a big bar at the mouth of Mill Creek at the present time , but there is one across the river from there . At certain times of the year however , , there is a bar at the mouth of Mill Creek which has caused trouble in crossing . Trouble is usually ( en- en ) countered with the bar at this place in July and August when the big storms occur . The boats have been stuck on that bar at times when it was flooded but , after the water recedes ( the Lhe ) channel gets back to where it can be travelled . Trouble will be had for a week or ten days after a storm , right at the mouth of the canyon . ( R . . 5074 . ) Extremely high water , you know , in the spring , it will get up about the 10th of June to the peak of the high water ; after that goes down , you go down the ( 33307-31-VOL 3330731VOL ) . . 2-36 |