Title |
No. 14 Original, Brief for the United States, 1930 |
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 |
1930-10 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Original format: 12 microfilm reels |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
No. 14 Original. Brief for the United States of America, 1930 |
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/s6ff3v0h |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110906 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff3v0h |
Title |
Brief for the U.S., 1930, p. 129 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0307b.jpg |
Relation |
No. 14 Original, Brief for the United States of America, 1930 |
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 December 10 , 1889 : 129 * * At about 2.15 we came to ( Tra-- Tra ) chyte rapid ( 161 miles above Lees Ferry WGH ) * * * McDonald was entirely ( un- un ) decided which channel to take . * * * Started down the center channel . We had not gone more than 200 feet when we ( com- com ) menced bumping on the rocks , and in a few moments we were stranded . Boats 2 and 3 were close behind us and went bumping ( over over- over ) the rocks , but did not stick . December 13 , 1889 : Just above California Bar going ( over- over ) riffle ( Mile 130 WGH ) our boat and No . 2- swamped on the rocks . December 14 , 1889 : ( To-day Today ) the water was so low we got through , with great difficulty . No . ( 1 I ) went through without touching , but No . 2 struck several times and No . 3 stuck on the rocks . We . , then found a mess of shallow water formed by flat shelves of rock running across the river and downstream for half a mile . ( Mile . 112 . ) We found the water so shallow that we could not get our boats through ( loaded- loaded ) made portage of 800 feet . Mac and Gibson the boats * * * run through light . December 15 1889 : , * * They found we could not get ( our our- our ) boats through loaded over the ( half-mile halfmile ) shoal . below . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
108854 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff3v0h/108854 |