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Show tails as that ; also , possible 884 dam sites . At that time his function was to make such examination as he could in passing of the rocks at the possible dam sites ; to form some idea of their structure and their ability to hold water and to serve as an anchorage for dams , etc . They had no interest in coal or in oil . ( R . 3941 . ) Going down the Grand ( Colorado ) River he was working in connection with parties going north and south , mapping oil and gas possibilities ; but there is no area of that kind south of the Book Cliffs , except some impure coal , ( which wbich ) is not considered of any value ; much lower rising than the Book Cliffs , where the coal is commercial . He did not make an examination of any particular dam sites north of Greenriver , Utah , because at the ( time tine ) the data was gathered , the hydrographic ( engi- engi ) neers with the party had not settled on just what sites they would consider , and the most that he could do was to get such information in passing as he could , of anything that was considered a possibility . ( R . 3942 . ) He ( didn't didnt ) make any trip down the Green River , below Greenriver Utah on the river itself , but he , , has been along parts of the banks , as far as the mouth of the San Rafael by wagon and by horses . The road from Greenriver Utah to the mouth of the , , San Rafael is only a road by courtesy , as it is just a trail or a wagon track . ( R . 3943 . ) You can get over it by wagon . It is almost impossible by ( auto- auto ) |