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. 147 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0428b.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 ( "With With ) a big engine a small paddle 147 wheel will act like a ( pro- pro ) peller and will not get hold of much ( water vater ) . ( R . 4778-9 , Vol . 27 . ) From my ranch up to Green River , Utah , there is swift water at a number of places and in navigating upstream on ( that thit ) stretch it is simply a matter of power except at the Brown riffle , where it is dangerous because washes come in on opposite sides of the river at that place and there are rocks which must be avoided . However , I have never had an accident there or any trouble except that occasioned by the strong current . I have never failed to make it upstream through those riffles in the Marguerite except when I had engine trouble , which occurred on three different occasions . ( R . 4781-3 , Vol . 27 . ) On the stretch of river between my ranch down to the junction and thence up to Moab and return I have never had any serious trouble . I never was stuck on sand bars with the Marguerite . In going up through the Slide I had no difficulty . ( R . 4783-4 , Vol . 27 . ) In all my experience on that portion of the ( Colo Colo- Colo ) ¬ rado River below Cataract Canyon I recall no instance where I had any trouble except on one occasion in going downstream with the government party . My son and I were running a race and he was beating me ; I attempted to take a short cut and lodged on a sand bar . That is the nearest to any trouble I ever had in navigating that portion of the Colorado . I ( know hnow ) of no conditions there which make it impracticable or unsafe to operate a properly constructed power boat up and downstream . I think I could do ( anything anyt1iing ) on that ( por- por ) tion ( 6f of ) the Colorado River below Cataract Canyon that I have done on the Green River with the same boats . ( R . 4784-6 , Vol . 27 . ) Some of the side washes are very large and at times quite large floods come down them and deposit a large amount of ( silt-sometimes siltsometimes ) rock . This usually occurs in the fall of the year when the river is lower and will push it over a little bit , making a narrow place with rapid water . I have not seen such conditions created where a channel has not been left through which boats of the type I have ( oper oper- oper ) ated could pass up and down . As the river washes it away the condition created by these side floods disappears . In Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons I have never seen the ( channel chaiinel ) so narrow or so low that I ( couldn't couldnt ) go up and down in the Marguerite . Nor did I ever meet with a condition that stopped my progress in that boat . I have seen both the |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109200 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69p339m/109200 |