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Show 1010 the two were lashed together. They continued on down the river, joining the drilling party at the junction, and he helped on the drill; " we didn't use the drill while I was there, but we ran the casing down one hundred and forty feet in the river bed and didn't strike bed rock. " There was a flood or two while I was there." R. 2387- 2388. He remained there until the outfit came out and helped take the boats and equipment back up the Green River to Wimmer's ranch. The outfit consisted of two barges six feet wide, twenty feet long lashed together, and called a catamaran. These barges were separated, one of them was put ahead of the Marguerite and the other was hauled by two small motor boats sixteen feet long. The boiler and drilling equipment was put on the Betsy Ann, and a paddle wheel rigged on; the boiler was used for power, and the three outfits went on up the river. R. 2388. He rode on the Marguerite and does not know how large a load was on the Marguerite; it might have been two or four tons. The trip up to Wimmer's ranch, a distance of ninety- five miles, required about four eight- hour days. The boats were on sand bars frequently, this trouble continuing all the way up, but they were not help for any great length of time. The water was quite low but sand bars did not cause as much trouble going up stream as they did coming down. R. 2389. At Wimmer's ranch the boats were unloaded and the Marguerite continued on up the river with eight or ten men on board. The Marguerite grounded at one place below the Auger andS |