Continuing down through Black and the other canyons, and through the intervening valleys, they reached, on the 26th of April, the salt tide where Alarcon, three and a half centuries earlier, had first put a keel upon these turbulent waters, the only party thus far to make the entire passage from the Junction to the sea.
And as yet no one has made the complete descent from Green River Valley to the counter-current of the Tidal Bore, so if there is any reader who desires to distinguish himself here is a feat still open to him.

Stanton deserves much praise for his pluck and determination and good judgment in carrying this railway survey to a successful issue, especially after the discouraging disasters of the first attempt.

He holds the data and believes the project will some day be carried out.

From the foregoing pages the reader may judge the probabilities in the case.
Since the Stanton party several descents successful and unsuccessful have been made.

The first was the "Best party," representing the Colorado Grand Canyon Mining and Improvement Company, with eight men and two boats similar to those used by Stanton.