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Show 3817 Priest- D 1838 A The river bed was sand, quicksand, very dangerous in fording, and most places sand waves were running, some twelve to eighteen inches in height; the water was shallow. Q When you say the water was shallow, how deep? A Twenty- four to thirty- six inches in depth, on an average. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Where? A Where we crossed it. Q With respect to Bluff, do you remember how deep the water was there in the channel at that time? A I would say about twenty- four or thirty- six inches; it seemed uniform throughout the whole stretch of river we worked on. Q Twenty- four to thirty- six inches? A Yes sir. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q How did this condition of the river bed affect the selections of possible dam sites? A A possible dam site was located, of course, in the canyon between two narrow walls; at that particular point we had rock clear across the bed of the river I have been previously referring to, the river bed above the dam site, where it widens out into the reservoir site. the dam site just had rock clear across the stream bed. |