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Show 673 Hole- in- the- Rock. " The Recompense trail covers all three points, the Hole- in- the- Wall, [ Sic. Hole- in- the- Rock], Hall's crossing, and Hite." R. 1616. There is another crossing of the San Juan at Goodrich, where the road crosses that cuts out through rough country. This road covers all these other trails. Another one goes up Comb Wash, up Road Canyon, over the old Mormon Road, around Grand Gulch, and into the White Canyon Natural Bridge. R. 1617. " BY THE SPEICAL MASTER: " Q. Did I understand you to say there was a road or trail from the Natural bridge down the White Canyon to the Colorado? " A. No. You can get through, by working the road as you go. There was a wagon over it this last summer. " Q. When you took this party down from Blanding to the Colorado river, how did you get to the Colorado river? " A. We went down over the clay hills, down the Castle wash, across to Lake Canyon, from there over to Rimrock Canyon, then down the Colorado along its rim to the south of the San Juan, struck it at Rimrock Canyon, which is not marked on the map. " Q. Is there any road or trail leading along the San Juan river all the way from Bluff to the Colorado river? " A. Along the river? " Q. Yes. " Q. No, it is impossible to get down through there |
