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. 082 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0284a.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 82 ( small -small small ) boatsbeoperated thereon . With reference tothe Eastern section of the river this Court concludes ( p . ( 589 0-89 ) ) ( 'that that that ) ( "boats boats ) with a sufficient draft to be of any service can ascend and descend only during the periods of high water . " Neither the words ( "small small ) ( boats" boats ) nor ( "boats boats ) with a sufficient draft to be of any ( service" service 'service" service ) can be definitely understood without a reference to the record in the case . The terms used in the opinion are general terms , . and , to convert general terms into specific terms , reference must be made to the record and to no other ( place -place place ) . ( See Appendix to brief , ( pages parres ) 187-196 . ) In Oklahoma v . Texas , 258 U . S . at 589 , this Court . says : Of course , the conditions along that part of the river greatly affect the part in the eastern half of the State . But the latter receives additional waters from the Washita and other tributaries and has a practically continuous flow of varying volume , the extreme variation between high and low water being about thirty feet . When the water rises it does so very rapidly and it falls in the same way . The river bed has a fall of more than one foot to the mile and consists of light sand which is easily washed about and is carried down stream in great quantities at every rise of the water . At all times there is an almost continuous succession of shifting and extensive sand bars . Ordinarily the depth of the water over the sand bars is from six to eighteen inches and elsewhere from three to six feet . There is no permanent or stable channel . Such as there |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109136 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff3v0h/109136 |