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Show 3297 Dobbin- D 1322 the same thing, as different witnesses have testified differently, as to what the slide. was. What do you consider the slide? A The slide is an accumulation of boulders in the Colorado river about a mile and a quarter or a mile and half up stream from the mouth of the Green. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Go ahead. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q You say speaking geologically it is of recent origin. Are you able to reduce that to years? A No sir. Q What is considered of recent origin in geology? A Well, the last great period to which a name is given is the Pliocene period, which was the age of the great glacial invasion of the northern United States and Canada. From that time on we generally speak of it as recent times. Q Could you give an opinion as to whether that slide has been there for one hundred, two hundred, five hundred, or a thousand years? A I could not, no sir. I didn't study it; I wouldn't want to give an opinion without having studied it. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Mr. Witness, do I understand you to say this is simply a place where the rocks have broken off and fallen into the |
