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Show 4GS 1 ( Ha Re ) ( 1ms bas ) seen boats ( on oil ) the ( San Sall ) ( Juan Juaii ) ( Raver River ) , ( skiffs s1riffs ) usually , used for ( crossing crossilig ) the river , and ( lias has ) ( scon seen ) two ( small suiall ) skiffs ( carrying carryilig ) men who were ( pros pros- pros ) ¬ pectors or ( something soinethilicr ) like that ; one ( from froin ) ( Fruit- Fruit ) ( land laud ) , New Mexico , to Bluff , and the other went ( below 'below below ) Bluff prospecting . He just happened to be ( there -there there ) ( on oil ) the river at ( Mexican Alexican ) Hat and saw them , ( come COIIIC ) in . That was about ( in ill ) 1898 . ( ( E R ) . 1598 . ) He has seen the San Juan River many ( times tinies ) since 1881 , and has run cattle ( in ill ) and around the San Juan River , crossing the river at Goodrich , Utah , also called Mexican Hat , although ( Mexican IvIexican ) Hat proper is about two ( and alld ) a half miles from Goodrich . He has also done some prospecting at the mouth of ( Johns Johiis ) Canyon , about fifty miles below Bluff on the San Juan River , and took in his supplies overland by pack animals . ( R . 1599 . ) He never brought any supplies in by boats and never saw any other prospectors down there ( using using- using ) ( boats 'boats boats ) . All got their supplies in by teams or pack train . He also recalls ( an all ) occasion in 1902 or 1903 ( when -when when ) he crossed the San Juan River about eight miles . above Farmington , New Mexico , when it was dry . ( R . 1600 . ) Between Farmington and the mouth of the San Juan there are no streams that have a regular flow of water . The Mancos , the La Plata , and the ( Ani- Ani ) mus Rivers were all dry . ( R . 1601 . ) |