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Show * r 94 water season . After the river settled down to low or normal water , there was very little change in the channel { unless something in the way of an obstruction occurred that would tend to throw it to the other side . Such an occurrence would be unusual . Sometimes there would be floods other than spring high water that would have the effect of changing the channel , but that was rather an ( un- un ) usual occurrence . ( R . 3235-6 , Vol . 17 . ) 1 have known an ice gorge to last for several days , but as a general rule they break in 24 to 48 hours , and the longest period I have ever known an ice gorge to last was about a week . At the place at Shock Rapids where I observed the ledge extending across the river , I ( don't dont ) know whether the cracks continue up and down the river , but I would say that at that ledge the depth of the river was about two feet at a very low stage of water . ( R . 3236-9 , Vol . 17 . ) After the late summer floods following cloudbursts , the sand bars would sometimes change and at other times they ( wouldn't wouldnt ) change ; after floods they may change a little at some places and at other places they ( don't dont ) change . ( R . 3240 , Vol . 17 . ) In 1898 or the spring of 1899 , ( I 1 ) would say that there were about 75 or 100 men working along the river in the vicinity at and below ( Kite Hite ) ; most of them lived in tents . For a long time after 1898 there were twelve men who got mail at the Hite post office , where most every one got his mail . Some of those people lived in little houses , ( dug-outs dugouts ) , and some in tents . ( R . 3241 , Vol . 17 . ) ( William WiUiam ) R . ( Neivby Yeivby ) testified : I am a farmer living at Green River , Utah , and was roustabout of the Cliff Dweller when it left Green River , Utah , in August , 1907 . We first hit something above the mouth of the San Rafael and after that went along fine until we hit something else , which generally tells the story down to the mouth of the San Rafael . . Between there and Valentine Bottom we had difficulty with sand bars and had a better channel in Stillwater Canyon than elsewhere . On occasions we took a line ashore in order to get off and were compelled to take almost continuous soundings to avoid hitting bars more frequently . On the upstream trip ( we -we we ) struck a sand bar about a mile from Valentine Bottom but bobbed over it ; at one place we got into a pocket and had to back out and go up ( mid-stream midstream ) ; ; at Fort Bottom we found more sand bars which we had |
