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Show Record we did it all the time. We had one of the best boatmen in the Colorado River Basin with us, and he was familiar with the river. I don't know how many times he had been up and down it, 302 but he and his father lived there at Green River, and I would say that he was familiar with the river. Except as to his ability to read water, a man could not be familiar with the navigation of either of these rivers unless he had been on the river; his ability 303 to read water is of infinite value to him. Our boatman had gained all of his experience with rivers on the Colorado, Green and San Juan Rivers. His name was H. E. Black, Jr. He had been from Chinle Green River with his father. I have read the 1909 ( Army Engineers') report and found and examined each of the bars 304 and riffles mentioned in that report. We had no difficulty in locating those bars and riffles, although the mileage varies some-what because of the lack of accuracy of their maps. Each of the bars and riffles are listed in their proper order and the ap- 305 proximate mileage given. As far as the plan of comparison is con-cerned, some of those bars and riffles show little change; a study of the report itself will indicate large changes than are shown on the plans because the text describes the elevation of the bars and surface conditions. I would say that half of those bars have 306 willows on them and probably half of them do not. Although I would rather refer to my plates for accuracy, I would say that the average width of the Green River is 1000 or 1500 feet. During the years since 1909 there have been a good many floods and high waters, but I had no difficulty in locating the bars and riffles referred to in the 1909 report and found them at the places there 307 indicated. Some of those bars and riffles are composed of sand and have no willows on them, but this does not evidence to me a stability of channel a those points. Take Brown's Bar, for in-stance; there is always a bar there because it is the mouth of - 39 - 1154 |
