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Show 23 ( indicating). The Special Master: Does this map show the latest government surveys? Mr. Collins: Upto 1926. There have been a few since then. This land down here ( indicating) is still unsurveyed. The Special Master: That place where you spoke of mining is about at the point of the end of the government's survey? Mr. Collins: Yes, I think so. Mr. Blackmar: Ever since the State of Utah was admitted to the Union, and down to about 1925, the United States treated these rivers as non- navigable. They made their examinations upon that basis; and it was not until the year 1925, when there were some prospects of oil in this country ( indicating on map) that the rivers were discovered to be navigable. So that the question as it comes up today upon the navigability, as we see it, is born more of the desire to possess these oil lands than it is to navigate the river. We think that, when we have shown these things, your Honor, we will clearly have demonstrated that the rivers, within the stretches noted in the petition, are non- navigable, and should be so declared by the Court. I do not think that I called your Honor's attention to the fact that the United States owns the land on both sides of these rivers, with a few exceptions. We expect to limit whatever testimony we introduce with reference 1984 |