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Show Record boat right on up. I did not tow and there was no necessity for it and at that time of the year I don't think there was any place that a man would have to get out of his boat and tow it unless he wanted to. This was a prospecting trip. 3317 After reaching Moab we came back down the Colorado River to the mouth of the Green, " I don't remember of anything occurring of any interest out of the ordinary." From the junction of the rivers we continued on down through Cataract Canyon and " We never had any serious trouble getting through" Cataract Canyon. My partner's boat got on a rock once and tipped over. When we came to a bad place we would take our stuff out of the boat and carry it around and we let the boat down with ropes over a rapid or two. Generally we got in the boat and ran the rapids, but when the water was right bad we would make sure of our cargo without any harm to either one of us. We might have run the boat through. 3318 The incident I referred to when my partner, Mr. Turner, was pitched out of his boat was amusing in a way and was not serious. There was no necessity for such an incident and I went through without its happening to me. As I remember we portaged our supplies around three rapids and put the boats through those rapids empty. Turner was a careful man and I tried to do as he wanted to do. I didn't go through the rapids stern foremost but Mr. Turner went through that way a time or two. I have always had better luck going through the rapids with my boat pointed in the regular way. 3319 After we got down below Cataract Canyon we did some mining at the California, Moquie and New Year bars. I have been on the San Juan. In response to questions propounded by the Special Master Mr. Chaffin testified: In 1892 I began prospecting along the Colorado River, but first went to the river in 1888. I continued prospecting in that section up until 1911 or 1912 and until 1908 I was there on the 458 |