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Show 177 Company . On return trip , , broke propeller on a snag or rock and beached the boat for repairs . . Again on the river in the Fall of 1926 from Moab to Well No . . 2 , , with two rowboats 16 feet long , outboard motor , and the motor boat of the Moab Garage Company . Below Moab the boat stuck in the mud a good many times . Was again on the river in September , October , and November , 1926 . Had sand bar trouble on all of the trips . Observed that the channel changed a good many times during three or four days . Returned upstream in November on the large barge of the Moab Garage Company , and the boat got stuck at Mill Creek and stayed all night . He , himself , went ashore , but the boat did not reach the dock until about 11 ( o'clock oclock ) the following morning . Colorado River : From Cataract Canyon to Boundary ( Line-Glen LineGlen ) Canyon ( M . R . 127-137 ) 1888 , Hite . - ( M . R . 129 , Abs . R . Vol . 2 , p . 903 : ) Delayed starting down until had sufficient water to float barge ; this done so as to get over rapids ( R . . 3565-3566 ) . 1889 , Hite . . - ( M . R . 129 , Abs . R . Vol . . 2 , pp . 902-911 : ) ) Placer mining stopped in high water , , extreme low water , and cold weather ( R . 3575-3576 ) ; floods begin in April and end early in July ; during July and August river very muddy , sometimes very low ( R . . 3573-3574 ) ; during September and October water usually low from then until following Spring , , |