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Show 3893 Edwards- D 1914 experience any difficulty in that stretch of the river with sandbars? A The river had fallen then, considerably, by the time we got to Hite the river had dropped down quite a; got along then to about the 1st of August; of course we stopped on a great many of those bars and staked out more, the same as we did the year before, but we had more or less trouble with both boats on the bars, the flat bottom and the other boat. Q Just what kind of trouble did you have? A We would run on these gravel beds and bars and get hung up. Q What method did you adopt of getting off? A Sometimes one thing and sometimes another; we would try to run them through, if we could push them through; if we couldn't, we would dig them through. Q Did that situation continue on down the Lees Ferry? A Yes sir, except I should judge about the last twenty miles, as I remember. Q After you reached Lees Ferry what did you do? A Three of the men, myself and two others, returned to Denver from there. Mr. McDonald and Kane, Hyslop and Best, got a pack outfit and went on down over on the Buckskin mountain, down into the canyon where this lost mine was, and we didn't see them any more. |
