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. 124 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0305a.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 ( 112 1-12 ) ( above tibove ) ( mouth niouth ) 1M WGH ) . Water shallow , ( rocks 'rocks rocks ) . Denver stuck on rocks and stove ( three Viree ) holes in her bottom . All hands jumped into river and carried rest of fleet ( OVQI ovor ) safely . ( ( M NI ) . R . - p . ( SO 86 ) , Exception 27 . ) May ( 2G 26 ) , 1889 : Floated down river ( without withotit ) incident ( ex- ex ) cept several very ( small sniall ) rapids , all easy . Brown ran the ( Ward TVard ) against gravel ( bottom bottorn ) in one shallow place ; no damage . * Dent notes depths and groundings of a boat drawing about 2"' feet of ( water ivater ) as follows in Stillwater Canyon near the ( mouth moutli ) during investigations of September , ( 1929 1.929 ) : IMllcs above ( mouth niouth ) O feet ? ? ? . } < grounding _ . . . -- . - . . 1 # feet * ( H' H ) . - . ' ! £ ; , . . . . _ . . . . 2 # feet _ . ( ------------------------------- ) _ . . 2 # 8 feet . 2g ------------------------------------ 3 feet . 3------------------------------------- 7 feet . 3 } £ . 3 / feet . 4 } < feet . 4jK Groun ( ling . 5 ( feet fcct ) . Took four hours to go the above 5 ( miles i-niles iniles ) and waded around on bars looking for deep enough place to float the boat . ( Exception 20 . ) |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
108896 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff3v0h/108896 |