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. 148 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0429a.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 Green and Colorado Rivers 148 where for some distance the stream is divided , and on the first trip downstream at such a place you ( can't cant ) always tell which is the proper ( chan- chan ) nel . Usually at a bend the long way around is the proper channel and we try that first but are sometimes fooled . On a straight stretch in the river where there is a braided channel I have never had any trouble and was always able to locate the proper channel . ( R . 4787-90 , Vol . 27 . ) In going downstream for the first time during a given year you may come to a place where the water divides into two or more streams and one may look as good as the other ; you may go down one for a distance and find that it becomes shallow and the water from it may go over a shallow bar into one of the other channels so that you ( can't cant ) continue down . Coming upstream it is much easier to pick the right channel than going down . In my experience I have never found a condition where there was not a channel if I knew where to find it . If I have made a recent trip down the river I know where I will find . the channel unless in the meantime there has been a big flood . ( R . 4791-2 , Vol . 27 . ) The swiftest ( part pwrt ) of the water may or may not be in the channel of the river . As the water rises at may strike a rock bank which will cause a current across the river in a different place from the low water channel . ( R . 4795 , Vol . 27 . ) When I stated that was never stuck on . a sand bar with the Marguerite I ( didn't didnt ) mean that I had never hit a sand bar with that boat ; I meant that I always got through . ( R . 4802 , Vol . 27 . ) ( Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibit No . 20 is a photograph of the ( en- en ) gineers going down the Colorado River from Halls Crossing . ( Defendant's Defendants ) Exhibit No . 19 is a photograph of the Marguerite and a scow we used to haul the government freight down to the junction of the rivers while drilling was there in progress . ( R . 4803 , Vol . 27 . ) There were water wheels constructed on the edge of the Green River ; they were of permanent construction and I know of no instance when the water did not reach up to those water wheels so they could be operated or where the course of the river so changed that the water ( wouldn't wouldnt ) reach the water wheels . ( R . 4806 , Vol . 27 . ) As to the comparative cost of land freighting and river freighting , I know that it cost me less per ton mile to haul freight on the river than overland . . ( R . 4808-11 , , Vol . . 27 . . The witness here gives data upon ( which -which which ) he bases the |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109649 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69p339m/109649 |