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and 4 feet in depth. Her Temporary Enrollment No. 7, issued at San Diego, August 7, 1873, bears the notation, "Vessel wrecked Sept. 27/74." See also "Hayes Scraps." Ill, Arizona, Vol. 3 (Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley).

77. The agent for the mining company in San Francisco was A. F. Tilden; that for the Union Line, William R. Wadsworth; and for the Johnson Company, R. E. Raimond.

78. San Francisco Alta California, July 12, 1864. The mining company advertised the sailing of the Sarah to connect with the Nina Tilden on the river; the Johnson Company, the Storm Cloud to connect with their Colorado, Mohave, and Cocopah; and the Union Line, the Alice to connect with the Esmeralda.

79. The Record of Registers lists the Colorado No. 2 as having been built in 1865. It is possible, however, that she was constructed in 1862. The Sacramento Daily Union, July 9, 1862, carries an interesting account of a launching at Yuma which took place in May of that year, and in June the Los Angeles Star commented: "Captain Wilcox . . . arrived here on the 6th. . . . The captain informs me that he has just completed the building of a fine little steamer for the Colorado. The following are her dimensions: Length, 153 feet; 28 feet beam; 750 tons burden; draws 28 inches of water." "Hayes Scraps," VII, Arizona, Vol. 5 (Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley). Whether it was merely a reconstruction of the Colorado No. z or a completely new vessel is unknown.

80. The most reliable information on steamer dimensions was received through correspondence with Mr. P. M. Hamer, director of research and records division. The National Archives, Washington, D. C, from files of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, Department of Commerce. The information was taken from the Record of Registers of the river steamers. For the later river steamers see also "Merchant Vessels of the United States," Bureau of Navigation, Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C, for the years 1892 to 1901.

81. Bancroft, "Scraps: Arizona Miscellany," LXXXII, Pt. 2, 288.

82. "Moapa Stake Records," December 2, 1864 (MS record in the office of the Latter Day Saints' church historian, Salt Lake City, Utah).

83. Salt Lake Telegraph, March 8, 1865, and San Francisco Alta California, March 29, 1865.

84. San Francisco Alta California, January 15 and 23, 1865.

85. Bancroft, "Scraps: Arizona Miscellany," LXXXII, Pt. 2, 437. This date has been placed erroneously in 1864, but 1865 is correct. See also San Francisco Evening Bulletin, April 13, 1865, for a similar report.

86. Bancroft, "Scraps: Arizona Miscellany," LXXXII, Pt. 2, 439-40. Since the account states that they arrived before the warehouse was completed, it necessarily follows that they turned back before the end of February 1865.

87. Ibid., p. 493.

88. San Francisco Evening Bulletin, March 14 and July 8, 1865. The shipment was made by James Linforth, of San Francisco, to William Jennings, of Salt Lake City, and consisted of "Agricultural Implements, Steel, Nails, Rope, Coffee, Pepper, Groceries, etc."

89. San Francisco Alta California, June 21,1 866.

90. Prescott Weekly Arizona Miner, September 26, 1866. It is probable that the Dibble referred to was in reality Albert Dibblee, a prominent San Francisco merchant of that time.

91. San Francisco Alta California, September 8, 1866.

92. Ibid., November 16, 1866.

93. Loc. cit.

94. Yuma Arizona Sentinel, September 28, 1878. The Cocopah No. i was taken to Port Isabel, where a warehouse was built on her. Later she was accidentally burned. Her