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Show The purpose of the trip ( 395 3.95 ) made to examine the river ( was NYas ) simply to determine ( means mcaiis ) of ( transporta transporta- transporta ) ( tion tiou ) ; had this same boat , Ford ( motor inotor ) , of the ( Moab Aloab ) garage , ( meet ineet ) ( them thein ) at that point ; had made an . investigation riding ( horseback liorseback ) into the Indian , Creek country , and had left word , ( and aiid ) had a ( man maii ) ( waiting waithig ) for them at Indian ( Creek Creelz ) to carry ( them theiii ) out . He wanted to see the country intervening . ( R . 1359 . ) He engaged transportation ( back bacl ) up the river . ( R . 1359 . ) ( When "When When ) he went into the country to Indian Creek and ( vicinity vichlity ) , part of his , ( emplo3rment employment ) was to examine and determine whether to drill a well at Indian Creek if the freight could be brought down that way . He did not make a ( re- re ) port to his ( company conipany ) on it . He ( was -was was ) accompanied by their chief geologist [ R . C . Coffin ( R . 1361 ) ] and ( he lie ) presumes ( he lie ) [ Coffin ] did . ( R . 1360 . ) His experience on the San Juan River has been doing geology mainly along the banks of the ( river river- river ) itself . He was in there at various times since 1921 to 1926 and he ( lias has ) covered the San Juan River from ( Fariniiigtoii Farmington ) , New Mexico , to the Nokai ( struc struc- struc ) ture , which is ( twenty-five twentyfive ) miles east of the ( conflu conflu- conflu ) ence of the Colorado and the San Juan Rivers . ( R . 1359-60 . ) During the ( time tinie ) he was there ( he lie ) saw no boats ( on oil ) the San Juan River . ( R . 1360 . ) His company drilled a well in the vicinity of Elk Ridge , San Juan County , Utah , which is about twenty miles from the Colorado River and about . one hundred and ( thirty-five thirtyfive ) miles from the town of |