Title |
No. 15 Original, Brief of Defendant, the State of Utah, 1929 |
Subject |
Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- Utah; United States -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Utah -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Utah -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Utah -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- Environmental aspects |
Description |
Testimony given before special master Charles Warren in a suit brought by the United States against the state of Utah over ownership of the bed of the Colorado River. Much of the testimony was given by river runners, scientists and engineers, petroleum geologists, and placer miners. The testimony constitutes an extensive oral history of the men and women who utilized the Colorado River Basin in Utah prior to 1929. |
Publisher |
Microfilm gift of John Weisheit, 1997 |
Date |
1929-10 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Original format: 12 microfilm reels |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
No. 15 Original, Brief of Defendant, the State of Utah, 1929 |
Spatial Coverage |
Colorado; Utah; Mexico |
Rights Management |
Digital image copyright 2003, University of Utah. All rights reserved. |
Holding Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah; Originals in: Utah State Archives; Salt Lake City, Utah. |
Scanning Device |
Sunrise 2000 Microfilm Scanner |
Scanning Contractor |
iArchives Inc., Orem, UT |
Call Number |
ACCN 1702 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s69p339m |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110907 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69p339m |
Title |
Brief of Defendant, 1929, p. 158 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0434a.jpg |
Holding Institution |
J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah Originals in: Utah State Archives; Salt Lake City, Utah. |
Resolution |
Archival TIFF: 3000 x 4600 |
Dimensions |
JPEG: 650 x 1000 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
OCR Text |
Show to Lockhart and the wells in 158 that boat . When I went to the junction it was low water stage ; I had no difficulty in ( getting- getting getting ) up or down the Slide . It ordinarily took about four hours to go from ( Moab Afoab ) to Lockhart in that boat and six or seven hours to come back upstream . ( R . 5003-9 , Vol . 29 . ) In operating the Punkin Seed we would occasionally hit a sand bar and I ( don't dont ) think we were ever held up on a bar ( with Nvith ) that boat more than five minutes . I believe I got out of that boat on one occasion when we were ( de- de ) layed about ten minutes . In operating the Black boat I also hit a sand bar once in a . while but ( don't dont ) think I was ever held up more than ten minutes with that boat . On ( the- the ) occasion when I was held up ten minutes with the Punkin Seed it was because I missed the channel a little . There was a channel there and if I had followed it I ( wouldn't wouldnt ) have been delayed even that ten minutes . Whenever I had my delays on the Black boat it was because I missed the channel . ( When Men ) operating right along we would hardly ever have any trouble with either the Black boat or the ( Punkia Punkim ) Seed , and trip after we would never touch anything . ( During- During During ) the six or seven months that I operated the Punkin Seed and Black boat , I made from one to four round trips a week . During the sixteen months that I operated , the boat equipped with the Chandler engine , I never had ( any- any any ) serious difficulties with sand bars or other obstruction to navigation . Except when I burned out the bearing on the Chandler the longest time I remember being delayed or held up from sand bars or other causes was not over thirty minutes ; there were only three or four such occasions when I was delayed as much as thirty minutes . With that boat I would get on a sand bar for a minute or two or perhaps five minutes on about one trip out of ten . Difficulties were less frequent in operating the other two smaller boats . ( R . 5009-13 , Vol . 29 . ) ( I 1 ) would say that a conservative statement of the number of round trips while operating the three boats I have mentioned would be one hundred and ( -I I ) - ( have--made havemade ) those trips - uuiliig every month ( -M-1-Ife- M1Ife ) year . ( R . 5014 , Vol . 29 . ) We also had a barge , shown in the photograph ( Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibit No . 22 . The passengers on the boat were the State Federation of ( Ladies' Ladies ) Clubs . We also had three outboard motor boats . ( R . 5014-15 , Vol . 29 . ) ( Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibit No . 25 is a picture of our barge with a party of geologists and oil men on board and was taken while a meal was being served . ( Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibit |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
108856 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69p339m/108856 |