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Show Record when we came back that were covered with water when we went down. But the high places were more easily avoided, jumping around up stream, because if we found a bar it was easy to work backwards and get to the channel. There were places where we had to get out and pull and push. 3663 We tied our boats to the shore at night. There were occasions when, during the night, the sand would wear away or build up around the boats. In taking this drilling equipment out we went 4 or 5 miles up the Green River. The heavier equipment was left at Wimmer's ranch, there to be freighted out. Some of the personal 3664 supplies and the men came up in the smaller boats. I left my boat on the west bank of the riven where we could not run the motor, we pulled the boat, and we got tired of pulling it any more, so we left it and walked the rest of the way. I saw the boat at Greenriver. I think it was loaded into a wagon and hauled into Greenriver. I sold the boat there. Lester A. Shaw testified on cross examination as follows: The boat that I left three or four miles below Greenriver 3665 was the boat bought from Captain Yoki. I do not know what become of the Marguerite. I do not remember whether the Marguerite went right on up to Greenriver. They did not stop when I did. Whether they went on the other side of the river or not, I don't remember. They started for Greenriver. I know that the Marguerite did not get any nearer than I did. I did not stay on the river and watch. I knew the people that were on it and talked to them 3666 when they came in. We were all at the hotel when they came in. I do not know what heppened to the Marguerite and what the Marguerite did outside of my own vision. 3668 I stated on my direct examination that from my observation the navigation on the Colorado up to Moab was more difficult than on the Green. I do not remember that the stretch of the Colorado River for 20 or 30 miles below Moab is the most difficult stretch so far as navigation is concerned. I do recall of having |
