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was mined in the Henry Mountains, an ice plant was set up and a telephone line connected the freight terminus at Stanton Canyon with Camp Stone. Stanton employed as many as 75 men--mechanics, machinists, carpenters, freighters, and assessment workers. The work of assembly and construction began sometime late in 1899, the first trial run was made opposite Camp Stone in March, 1901. By that time at least $100,000 had been spent, maybe twice as much. Robert Brewster Stanton thought in big terms. This was to be the pilot operation. If profitable, he planned to install other dredges in Glen Canyon to be operated by hydroelectric power generated in the canyon itself, through dams built across the river. In addition he planned to use the impounded water for mining purposes. Stanton was, in fact, the first to propose the construction of a multiple-purpose hydroelectric project in Glen Canyon. The dredge operated eight or nine months in 1901 before it was shut down. An undisclosed amount of gold was recovered but not enough to pay the cost of operation. The machinery, it was said, was not efficient enough to save the gold and it floated right out with the tailings. The company entered bankruptcy and the dredge was later sold for $1100. It never operated again. It stands in the river today at mile 121.5, a historical monument completely covered at the highest flood level but otherwise partly visible (Fig. 36). Reliable production figures for the amount of gold mined in Glen Canyon have not been found. A saying often repeated during the rush that the canyon contained enough gold to pay off the national debt (in 1900!) reflected the buoyancy of boom times. Some of the most productive locations were Ticaboo Bar No. 2 (site 63), Good Hope Bar (site 60), Olympia Bar (site 58), California Bar (site 53), and Moqui Bar (site 51). Not the least difficulty encountered by the miners in Glen Canyon was the matter of getting about from one place to another. The precipitous walls of the canyon and those of its deeply entrenched tributaries offered a real barrier to land travel. It is possible only in the upper miles of the canyon to travel along either bank of the river for any considerable distances. Yet wagon roads were opened to reach the banks of the river at a number of points. Lees Ferry and Dandy Crossing are natural crossings and little road building was necessary to reach them. The first track to reach Dandy Crossing from the west followed -33-Epson Perfection 4870 Photo, 400 dpi, 8 bit, 13,973,504 byte