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Show charge of the boats . From Green 52 River , Utah , down to the junction we ran along feeling out the channel , which is arbitrary through there ; every once in a while we grounded ; sometimes four or five times a day , and at other times not so often . Down to the mouth of the San Rafael it was pretty bad in places . ( R . 2171-3 , Vol . 12 . ) Going through Cataract Canyon we lined our boats , which were too heavily loaded , and there lost three boats . ( R . 2176 , Vol . 12 . ) We got more supplies just below North Wash and between there and the San Juan had trouble several times in running on to bars and rocks . There is one place where there is a shelf or ledge of rock and you have to find an opening through it . We felt our way across until we came to an opening in the ledge and then put our boats through . ( R . 2178-9 , Vol . 12 . ) ( This shelf or ledge of rock referred to by this and many other witnesses was , in response to a question propounded by the Special Master , fixed by Mr . Ryan at a point about Mile 112 above Lees Ferry . ) There are quite a few rapids in Glen Canyon but most of them are not bad to run . ( R . 2181 , Vol . 12 . ) From the San Juan down to Lees Ferry , we had no trouble . At three places we got on bars . ( R . 2183 , Vol . 12 . ) ( I 1 ) later made a second trip , going on the second Stanton expedition . We came to the place where the ledge crosses the river before we noticed it but found a channel through which we got our boats . We had more trouble with bars on this trip . ( R . 2191-3 , Vol . 12 . ) In 1891 , ( I 1 ) accompanied the Best expedition , using the same kind of boats we had on the Stanton trip . We ( didn't didnt ) find the channel in the same place on the Green River as on my former trip and had the same trouble with bars and hunting channels . This trouble occurred sometimes two or three times a day . We lost one boat in Cataract Canyon and had lots of trouble with sand bars in Glen Canyon , but the channel there was not as bad or as changeable as on the Green River . ( R . 2194-6 , Vol . 12 . ) We again had to hunt around for a channel through the ledge , which is between 75 and 100 yards wide . ( R . 2197-8 , Vol . 12 . ) After leaving the Best expedition at Lees Ferry , I returned to Glen Canyon five months later to work for myself . The Stanton dredge was constructed in 1899 or 1900 , the lumber coming overland to the river . It was an 82 bucket dredge and could dig in 28 feet of water . ( R . 2201 , Vol . 12 . ) The hull , buckets , pumps , 5 engines , 82 tables for saving gold , the amalgamator , |
