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Show Record we surveyed three townships, in which there were three small farms, each of which I would imagine was under forty acres. A man named Wolverton had a metal mill in the Henry Mountains 2767 where he had a gold prospect. When making the survey on Hall's Creek, I was not at the mouth of the creek. In all of the three surveys I have mentioned we reached the locality and our supplies came overland. 2769 In 1924 I was south of the San Juan River in Copper Canyon 2770 with Mr. Moore, working on that survey. I heard his testimony, which corresponds with my recollection relative to the character of that country. My school trip into the San Juan country was in 1926, where I had a camp at the old Clay Hill Crossing. I went to Bluff by truck and thence to Clay Hill Crossing on horse- 2771 back. While at Clay Hill Crossing I had no occasion to cross the river, our surveys being confined to the north bank and portions of the meanders on the south bank, which was done by triangulation, without crossing the river. Our supplies came overland. In 1927 we returned and finished the work at Clay Hill Crossing and to a point possibly three miles west of Clay Hill Crossing. I 2773 have never crossed the San Juan River. I was mistaken in my dates as to Clay Hill Crossing, the times when I was there being 1927 and 1928 instead of 1926 and 1927. In 1926 I was working bridge to a point several miles below the mouth of Indian Creek on the Colorado River, spending about eight months on that river, running meander lines and subdivisional lines of sections near 2774 the river on boat sides. In this work we used a row boat with an outboard motor from Moab bridge down the river to the end of the work. At low water sand bar interfered with the operation of the boats; we would ground, have difficulty in getting through and in getting boats off the bars. With respect to any changes in the river channel there was one place below Lockhart where we had temporary camp; at a lower stage of the water the channel 365 |