No. 14 Original, Abstract of the Testimony, vol. 2, pp. 749-1426

Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1356

tonwood logs ( from froin ) the 1356 bank of the river to the ( Snowdeii-MeSweeney SnowdeiiMeSweeney Snowden-AleSweeney SnowdenAleSweeney ) dock , and when they took parties of geologists or other parties down the river they would sometimes remain down there for three or four days . ( When 111hen ) they would take down geologists they generally ate their meals on the boat , and would use that as their headquarters ; would take hiking trips over the country on both sides of the river and come back to the boat at night , and the next morning they might move them down to the next well site or wherever they wanted to land , and ( on oil ) these occasions the boat would be away from Moab for two or three days at a time . During the seven months he has been down the river close to fifty miles , down to Lockhart . He does not ( remember Temember ) whether he went down to Indian . Creek with a big barge or not , but he figures the farthest point he ever went down the river was between fifty and sixty miles from Moab . ( R . 5171-5173 . ) He did not have any trouble with river water while he was operating the boat , as far as the engine on the boat was concerned . The engine had a ( radi radi- radi ) ator and they would use river water , dip it right up out of the river , and put it in a tank that was connected with the radiator . ( R . 5274 . ) They had a practical and effective cooling system on the boat . ( R . 5274-5275 . )