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Show 815 the San Juan River. R. 1928. When he left the San Juan River the boom had broken and the miners had all done. He didn't see anything at all in the way of works or mining expeditions; didn't stake our any claims or try to wash out any gold; he didn't see any boats on the San Juan River, or meet any people on the east side of the Colorado River. On the return trip, when he came to the mouth of Red Canyon on the Colorado River, he got the boat and went down some fifteen miles to a placer mine, where he expected to find people, but there was no one there. He could see where they had worked; mostly with rockers. He saw no other boats on the Colorado River besides on he found. After he towed this boat up stream, he believes they used the boat to carry their stuff across, and doesn't remember how he got the stock across. They crossed at Good Hope Bar. He simply left the boat there and followed all trial up to Dandy Crossing. He was accompanied on this trip by a Rio Grande Railroad engineer, named Green, who had charge of the party; Cy Warman, who wrote " Sweet Marie"; and two others, R. 1930- 1931. After the party crossed the Colorado River on the return trip, they went back to Hanksville and then to Greenriver, Utah. The Hanksville trial was the main trial from Greenriver to Dandy Crossing. Hanksville was the only habitation the trial. R. 1930- 1931 |