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Show 007 rook lay ( vory- vory ) daop under the 111usand ( bbttonuof bottomof ) the river , and when rise in water came the river bottom would scour , velocities increase greatly and make lit , dangerous for a drill crew ( -at at ) the junction . . ( R . 3692 . . ) ( 'With With ) every chaiirre in discharge of the river , , sarjS bars would form on one side and wash out on ( the the' the ) other , and on one stretch of the river , , a short ( dis- dis ) tance above the junction , it seemed to him . on ( oile aft" aft ) . trip that the whole bottom of the river was moving out . . The Colorado River had fallen rather low , , but there was still a fair discharge in the Green River , so that he and Captain Yokey had quite a ( time tirne' tirne ) getting the first five or six miles up the Green ( River Rivar- Rivar ) to the junction . ( R . 3692-3693 . ) Sand bars had no effect on the drilling , but the movement of sand bars constituted a source of ( danger dang6r ) at all times , ( inasmuch inasinuch ) as the whole bottom of the river might move down . The gradient of the river was about a foot and a half to the ( mile ii-ii1e iiii1e ) . ( R . 3693 . ) Ee was not present at the time the drilling outfit was washed away , but received ( word ivord ) by telegram from Mr . Sawyer ; and after consulting with his superior officer , he ordered the outfit moved out . . He was not present when the outfit was moved out but thinks he was present at the ( time tirne ) it was brought Up to ( Wimmer's Wimmers JATimMer's JATimMers ) ( Ranch Ilanch ) . . ( R . . 3694 . ) At any rate he saNv the outfit at ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) Ranch but was not present when it was moved from ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) Ranch up to Greenriver . |