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Show asserted ( owWoi'sUip owWoisUip ) to ( tlio t1le ) 190 ( ilyoi1 'xi'ver xiver ) ( "beds beds 'bads bads ) ( based Nised ) ( upon upoi ) ( navigability mavigabilit ) . Scores of placer ( miners ininers ) have operated ( hit'lle hitlle ) ( bads Wds ) of these ( rivers ri-vers rivers ) claiming lights under location notices posted and filed ( under wider ) the ( laws laivs ) of the ( United Uifted ) States ( , . ) ( See Exhibit 3 , pp . 559 to ( 604 604- ) Stipulation Vol . 25 , p . 4282 . ) There is no ( evidence evideiica ) that Utah has ever protested against this method of procedure , and sought to ( compel coiiipel ) the placer miners to ( acquire acqtiire ) their rights ( under ulider ) the laws of Utah . Such conduct is not ( conclusive coliclusi-Nre coliclusiNre ) ( on oil ) the ( ques qites- qites ) ¬ tion of navigation , but ( taken takeii ) with all of the other facts ( and aild ) ( circumstances eiretin-istaiiees eiretinistaiiees ) in the case , it is a matter to be considered . See ( Mintzcr 31114ntze ) ( v Y ) . North ( American Avicricait ) Dredging ( Qo Co ) . , 242 Fed . 583 , 5601 561 . As we have seen , it has ( never liever ) been in fact navigated in any true sense , and has not been treated or ( considered consiclered ) , either by the public or by the state , as capable of navigation . While this lack of recognition by the state is not conclusive , it is nevertheless not without ( po- po ) ( tency telley ) as a fact in its bearing on the question , ( since shice ) it is not to be lightly presumed that the state will part with its title to property of known or recognized value for public use . In the year 1925 ( the tho ) oil prospects in the Colorado River bed below ( Moab i-Nloab iNloab ) became ( interesting iliteresting ) . One ( company coilipaily ) had expended large sums of ( money moiley ) in the development of ( permits periiiits ) , ( granted graiited ) ( under uilder ) the laws of the United States , Act of February 25 , 1920 ( 41 |
