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Show 927 On the second trip he thinks the Chaffin boys were mining on the river down below Hite. No machinery had been brought in on the river, only the boilers and a pump that the Hite brothers brought in. R. 2193- 2194. The next trip made by him through Glen Canyon was made in 1891 and was known as the Best Expedition, the Colorado Grand Canyon Mining & Improvement Company at Denver, Utah and Arizona. The boats used on this expedition were the same type as were used on the second Stanton Expedition and were constructed by the Douglas Boat Factory. The expedition started at the Green River bridge, Greenriver, Utah. " Q Mr. McDonald, just tell me about the progress of that trip from Greenriver down to the cataracts, and also tell me whether or not you found a channel in the same place as you did on the first Stanton. " A No, you bet your life you don't find the channel the same place; run along thinking the channel was the same place, and run it wrong, and find the channel by gradient had disappeared somewheres else." R. 2194- 2195. " Q Tell me shout the progress of the trip from Greenriver down to the cataracts. " A We had the same trouble getting on bars and hunting the channels, getting on rocks. " Q Did you get on the bars on this Best expedition frequently? " A Yes, we got on bars frequently. " Q What do you mean by frequently? " A Sometimes two or three times a day get on to a sandbar. " Q And then how would you get off the sandbar? " A Hop out into the water and back the boat off, |