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Show 602 rowboats below Greenriver ; above , used cars and went oil foot ; did not use river for any surveys above ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) Ranch . ( R . 2116 . ) Captain Yokey was in charge of operation of motor boats and navigating . The motor boats were 14 or 16 ft . long , 4 or 5 ft . . wide ; draft 7 or 8 inches . ( R . 2117 . ) Sand bars , a continual occurrence on river , considered them same as eating or sleeping , one of the regular things ( encountered -encountered encountered ) . In getting off , jumped into shallow water , pushed the barge off , or had to wade to back end and work scow back and forth , so as to get it into water that would float it . Barge drew very little water . ( R . 2117 . ) Compl . Exh . No . 264 , taken 50 or 60 miles below Greenriver , shows pushing scow off one of many sand bars . ( R . 2118 . ) Paddle wheel not put on Betsy Ann until after the drilling operations . . ( R . 2118 . ) Trips made ( with Nvith ) survey party , between ( Green- Green ) river and junction , two with survey party ; ; one with Diamond drilling outfit ; three or four while drilling . Trips made up Colorado , one with Mr . . La Rue , , and on ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) boat , up Green to ( Wimmer's Wimmers ) Ranch . ( R . 2119 . ) No fixed channel on Green River ; ; not a fixed one as far as they could discover ; ; except where bars threw water against rock cliffs ; ; cliffs controlling points ; water very fast and deeper ; ; especially where river would widen out , full of ( -low low ) bars with |