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Show Hanksville was only settlement 903 of six or eight houses and one ( so-called socalled ) store . Went overland from ( Hanks Banks ) , - ville , to head of Trachyte Canyon , about 16 ( miles milos ) to Hite , total distance 60 to 65 miles . ( R . 3562 . ) Hite a stockade log cabin and about half dozen men . ( R . 3563 . ) Uncle , Cass Hite , his ( partner partneri ) Joe Burgess , Al Starr , and a boy ; ( engaged engarred ) in placer mining with father and uncle . ( R . 3563 . ) Equipment for placer mining hauled from ( Green- Green ) river to Hite ; took six ( weeks' weeks ) time . 20 ( mule mulle ) team came down Trachyte Canyon , hitched over ( wagon wacron ) in order to pull ; crossed the creek 144 times in 16 miles . ( R . ( 3564 3561 ) . ) Lumber freighted from Greenriver to Hite ; built a barge or big flat boat ; loaded would draw five or , six inches ; 20 ft . long on bottom , 10 ft . beam ; ( equip equip- equip ) ment loaded on and taken to Tickaboo Bar latter part of April or first of May , 1889 . ( R . 3565 . ) Delayed start down waiting for water to rise so would have depth to float boat over the rapids . ( R . 3566 . ) Went down from Hite to Good Hope and ( Tickaboo Tichboo ) Bars in small ( flat-bottomed flatbottomed ) rowboat ; found number of rapids ; mile and half below Hite first , Trachyte Rapids ; around the bend small rapids , dangerous in high water . Tickaboo Rapid No . 1 ; and around the curve are Rapids No . 2 . Considered bad rapids . Swift rapids below the landing at cabin at Tickaboo . Two of that character between Tickaboo and Good Hope . ( R . 3566-3567 . ) Went upstream from Tickaboo , principally by ( tow- tow ) ing ; through most of rapids get out and wade ; brace |