Title |
No. 14 Original, Abstract of the Testimony, vol. 2, pp. 749-1426 |
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. Abstract in Narrative Form of the Testimony Taken before the Special Master, and filed in His Court by Him, vol. 2, pp. 749-1426 |
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/s6k35wbz |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110905 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz |
Title |
Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1192 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0110a.jpg |
Relation |
No. 14 Original. Abstract in Narrative Form of the Testimony Taken before the Special Master, and filed in His Court by Him, vol. 2, pp. 479-1426 |
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 11.92 cant to * iMool ) . . . . In 1903 lie sold lumber1 ( 'to to ) , athar places besides Moab but practically all of the ( protl- protl pro-a- proa ) iiat - went to Moab , and practically all to Adoab in 19,01 . . This ( same saine ) thing continued until 1908 . Ife ( 4724-4725 V24-4725 V244725 ) . ) Sold some lumber to the Cashin ( -AlinO AlinO ) a ( -ter ter ) 1907 . Sold it in the ( Moab lvloab ) section , ( Grand Graild ) and San ( Juan Juall ) counties , where we sold most all of it . : . Sent lumber ( in ill ) ( San Sail ) ( Juan Juall ) County to the south elid of the La Sal ( mountains mountahis ) , Big ( Indian Lidian ) ( Mining Minilig ) ( Company Conipany ) got some , Indian Creek Cattle ( Company Compaiijr ) , got ( sonic some ) , ( on oil ) the south end of the mountains . ( On Oil ) that end of the mountairMJiey took quite a lot . He can not state exactly what amount they got when ( they -they they ) were on that end of the mountain . It was as ( ijiuch qjiuch ) as ( twenty-five twentyfive ) per cent . ( R . 4725-4726 . ) This was about 1900 . 4 ( When AYheii ) he was rafting the lumber was sold in the 4 { Yalld ( County Comity ) District wherever it was ( needed rieeded ) . < 4726 . ) The first ( mill naill ) ( he lie ) had was a portable mill with about five ( thousand thoustuid ) feet capacity per day and the next ( mill naill ) he got could ( get got ) out thirty thousand a day with a full crew . He got this ( mill naill ) about 1905 or 1906 . The timber cut was yellow ( pine phie ) and ( white -white white ) spruce . Iii taking the rafts down he never had any ( diffl- diffl ) . culty in getting stuck on the riffles but would get stuck on blind and submerged rocks . . ( E . . 4727 . ) He hit these rocks just once in a while at all stages of the river but it ( wasn't wasnt ) a common occurrence to |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109056 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109056 |