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Show He was able to obtain 1016 water readings down to mile 49 , and therefore must have been able to get along the river bank . From thereon he went along the bank spoken of . ( R . 4014 . ) The boat was portaged throughout the canyont being taken out at the head and put back on the river at Big Hole , which is at mile 56 . No water readings were taken until they reached mile 55 , but the fall of the river was ( calculated callculated ) from mile 49 to Big Hole at mile 56 , a distance of 7 miles , and the . drop is 119 feet . Compl . Exh . No . 503 , is identified as a photograph of a section of West Water Canyon , showing the bench from which he made his observations . ( R . 4014 . ) Leaving West Water Canyon the river widens out . and the country becomes more open . There are islands [ in the river . West Water Canyon ends at mile 59 , ( and'Castle andCastle ) Creek is at mile 95 . From mile 56 to mile 59 , the end of West Water Canyon , there - is a drop of 20 feet . ( R . 4015 . ) The drop in ( the the- the ) river from mile 59 to Castle Creek is 146 feet . ( R . - 4016 . ) The water is comparatively quiet down to ( mile miler ) 61.7 , then there is an appreciable drop , which ( con-- con ) tinues down to mile 63 . The mileage at Castle Creek is about 93.8 and is the point where the survey ended for the season . He returned in the fall of 1912 and continued the . , survey down to the mouth of Green River , using boats from Moab to the mouth of the Green River . |
