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. 1059 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0043b.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 too ( shallow -shallow shallow ) to get the boats 1059 over them , and it was necessary to get out into the water and push the boat off . They remained at the prospect probably four or five days and then returned to Greenriver . The trip back up the river was quite hard , it being necessary to buck ( the -the the ) mush ice that was on the river at that time . ( R . 4205-4206 . ) That was a very hard trip ; they hit : ( Everything verything ) coming back , because they were cutting toward the ice . ( R . 4206-4207 . ) Between that time and 1905 he made other ( hunt hunt- hunt ) ¬ ing trips on the river in the same type of boat and experienced the same troubles as spoken of in the other trips . In 1901 he went down to the head of the cataracts with a survey party for the purpose of surveying some bottoms for a health resort or sanitarium . ( R . 4207-4208 . ) On the trip they had two boats , ( sur- sur ) ( veyors' veyors ) instruments , food , and bedding for camps . The boats were just ordinary rowboats , sixteen feet long and two and a half or three feet wide . They were different boats , but the same type as the others used by him before . He ( can't cant ) recall the month the trip was made in , but the water was in the low stage ; it might have been July . On this trip he had ( prac- prac ) tically the same experiences he had on the other trips described . ( R . 4208-4209 . ) He was engineer on the Undine when it made its first trip on the river . It was equipped with a ( regu- regu ) lar ( stern-wheel sternwheel stern--wheel sternwheel ) engine , a paddle wheel , and burned |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109878 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109878 |