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Show Record Castle Creek because it would have taken more time to bring the boats up stream a short distance than to go along the road. We started the survey the latter part of October, 1912, between Moab and the mouth of the Green, and completed the survey 4019 in the latter part of November or first part of December, 1912. Between Castle Creek and Moab there is a decided drop at mile 76.4, which is 76.4 mile above the junction, and again at 4020 mile 74.4. The distance from the mouth of the Green River to Castle Creek is slightly over 79 miles. 4021 The big boat I mentioned had a draft of 8 or 10 inches loaded. We found the boat on the boat as house- boat. We made two moves with in and on the night of the second move it sprung a leak and sank. We continued our survey with the two row boats down to the junction. In that stretch of the river we made no observations as to the channel and sand bars other than when we were pulling in to shore and leaving shore. 4023 On that expedition we got all of our supplies at Moab. After getting to the mouth of the Green River, we started back up stream and left the river at Indian Creek and followed Indian Creek to the Indian Creek Cattle Company's ranch. We did not continue up the river in the boats because it was exceedingly slow work. We had to tow the large boat, and our food supply ran out. Immediately after the first large boat sank, I sent the boatman to Grand Junction to get another boat. There he had a boat 4024 built, about 11 feet long, flat bottom, and 5 feet beam, ten inches draft. That boat was taken overland from Grand Junction to Moab and put in the river there and brought down the river by the boatman to 4025 where we were working. We did not have it put in the river at Grand Junction because there was only man with a large boat and it was difficult to handle. Complainant's Exhibit 504, being photograph of the large boat used by Mr. Sietz, being towed up stream after leaving the mouth of Green River, was received in evidence. 577 |