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. 106 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0408a.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 ing all through the winter ( 10G 106 ) of ( 1898-4 18934 ) . We brought in the iron for a small machine I ( had liad ) devised for saving gold and took several men down with us . ( R . 3459-63 , Vol . 19 . ) I first went down to Nokai the latter part of August or September , 1894 . ( I 1 ) made my boat at Bluff ( and -and and ) there put it into the river . It was 15 feet long and probably 31 2 feet wide . We had discussed the feasibility of going down the river with boats and ( taking- taking taking ) our work outfit with us on through to the Colorado River . I started out alone with this scow to find out if we could get through the canyon with our outfit . I made it all right and got through to the old Gable camp , going first to our camp and then proceeding on down the river . The water was at a fair stage for low water season ; I went through pretty well but had to line the boat down a number of places ; I made the trip quickly and ( don't dont ) recall whether it consumed one or two days to our camp . We then cleaned up the bar we were working on , rigged up our outfit and five of us started down the river with four boats , having built three other boats at our camp . One of our boats was probably 16 feet long and 41 , feet ( w-idel widel ) drawing 8 or 10 inches as loaded . The others were 12 and ( 14-foot 14foot ) boats . It was quite hard at first , with our heavy outfit , to get through the canyon because there are many rapids and much swift water , and we had to be careful and frequently line our boats . We encountered no difficulty to speak of with sand bars although we might have had a little trouble at Clay Hill Valley where there is a wide channel . There is no sand to speak of in the canyon ( because be-cause because ) the swift water keeps it pretty ( well ivell ) . washed out there . We ( pros- pros ) pected on our way downstream and went clear to the mouth of the San Juan River with the four boats we started out in and picked up a fifth boat before reaching the mouth . ( R . 3463-70 , Vol . 19 . ) We ( didn't didnt ) have very much trouble in going through the country in and about the mouth of Nugget Creek . We may have had some trouble with sand but I ( don't dont ) recall it . We ( vent -Nvent Nvent ) through there on the water and we ( didn't didnt ) have to portage or anything like that . I ( don't dont ) recall that it was necessary for us to get out of our boats . We encountered a rapid at the mouth of Copper Canyon and one at the mouth of Nokai Canyon , but we had ( com- com ) paratively smooth water until we got to the mouth of Piute Canyon ; there are also two rapids at Piute Creek and a bad rapid ten miles below the mouth of Piute Creek . At the mouth of the San Juan we had a little trouble ( getting cretting ) across |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110615 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69p339m/110615 |