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Show 3976 Kane- D 1996 rapid, and one other one below that, in the mining district. Q This Tickaboo rapid, is it at the mouth of some creek or wash? A Yes, all those rapids are at the mouth of side washes that carry out rocks into the river in storms and high water and floods and cloudbursts, all or them. Q Did you encounter any high water in your trip from Crescent creek down to Lees Ferry? A No, except the river was either coming up or falling all the time; every day it would be different. Very little time in the summer time that it is not changing and rising and falling. The great trouble with Cass Hite's mining, he never could keep his ditch open to get water enough to do anything, or it would get too high and wash his flumes away, and his trestles. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q That was during your absence, wasn't it? A Yes; none of that done while I was there. MR. FARNSWORTH: I think that part should go out. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Did you later see the effect of this high water on the flume? A Well, the next year when we came down it wasn't running, because the ditch had got filled up with water. Q With what? |