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boats, City of MontTose and John C. Bell (after Congressman Bell), of stout oak frames, bound with iro:1 and covered with canvas. The boats were supplied by John Pelton from his private la:~e, They had tins of meat, vegetables, and hard tack sufficient for a month's trip, Cameras, surveying instruments, including an ;:;neroid barometer, pocket compass, and sur- veyor's chain, and notebooks wel1li1 protected in waterproof tins. On September 5, at 10 o'clock, after all was packed, they signaled by revolver shots to watchers above that the expedi- tion was underway, On the first day, the men had to carry boats and provisions on their shoulders past many bad stretches of the river, and by evening had journeyed only three-quarters of a mile. Next day, about two miles from the starting place, the John C. Bell parted its line, struck a rock and sank, c::trrying with it many provi- sions and equipment, in- cluding Tor- rence's fie 1 d glasses. Only the blankets, which floated, were s a v e d . Th2.t night the men found refuge in a C9.ve above the water, where they cooked their evening meal over a driftwood fire. Next day they continued in the one remaining boat. About eleven miles down the canyon, wet from the rain and river water, they rendezvoused with a party under Mr, Denniston who CClme down from the rim. After a long respite, the men returned to the canyon on September 25 to continue the trip, It was optimistically conjectured that "the rest of the trip which is not so rough will probably be made in a few days,"" Periodically during the course of the trip, friends had been watching for the party from the canyon rim above. When they finally spied them for the first time, the watchers shouted and fired shots to attract the attention of the five men, but the roar of the river drowned out the salutations. At last, they sent a cascade of rocks down the canyon slope which did alert tt, 00 C.D ..-,~ GUNNISON HlVEH J)IVr;:nSJON PH.O.TI<.iCT , por--tTAGl~ AHOUND ONI~ OF FALLS 7 ~~ 1l1ontrosc Enterprise, Sqn€ml;cr Iii. lUC-O. It ,va~ during this prolonged dela~' of the tt ip that Pelton went to Den\'er and successfully encouraged E. O. \Valeott to introduce a bill into the C. S. Senate for appropriation of money to con~truct tile lH'Opose(l din?n=ion tunnel and (T,cl1.