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Show 383 rocks exposed oil the north side of the river , ( about- about ) fifteen hundred feet of rocks exposed there ; that is . where the lowest rocks in the particular area ( they- they ) were examining were exposed , , so they measured . them at that point , sampled them in detail , , ( col- col ) lected fossils , detemined the thickness of the ( in- in ) . dividual strata . . ( R . 1330-1331 . ) Indian Creek oil well that he visited ( was -was was ) located in creek bottoms back several miles from the river . . . Exclusive of themselves he would say the load in the boat was about three hundred and ( seventy- seventy ) five pounds . ( R . 1331 . ) Loaded he estimates ( the- the ) boat would draw two feet . He was not able to tell where the channel was . ( R . 1332 . ) There was nothing that enabled them to locate . the channel in the straight stretches . So that in the straight stretches they simply went ( down- down ) stream , , with Reeside with an oar at the front , sounding , and in spite of that they grounded . Had . no trouble at curves ; ; they were inside . ( R . 1332 . ) In coming upstream ( he lie ) had difficulty with ( cer- cer ) taiii places where on the downward trip ( he "he he ) did not have difficulty . He ( hadn't hadnt ) had any experience with motor boats except oil the ocean . This was the first experience he bad with a motor boat on any stream . . ( R . . 1332 . ) He does not know whether there is less difficulty coming upstream with a motor boat than going downstream , because the water is not pulled out from under the boat by the operation of the motor |