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. 0813 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0669b.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 813 They were over the ( Utah-Arizona UtahArizona ) , linewhen they struck that ; the Utah line is at Warm Creek . . ( R . 3115 . . ) On the trip that he made with the pack train ( liauling hauling ) about six hundred pounds of coal overland , , he was called off that trip and put oil the boat . ( R . 3116 . . ) He took the ( pack paeh ) train out later along in the summer ; ( he lie ) ( -was was ) ( looking looldug ) after the stock ; when he quit the boat he got that stock and had charge of it again . ( R . 3117 . ) ( When -"Then Then ) he speaks of the pack train he means the three mules and a horse . They used this pack train to take the coal from the mine down to Warm Creek . Used pack train to make trips down to the ferry once in a while , down into that country ( Warm Warill ) Creek , Lees Ferry country . ( R . 3117 . ) Excursions were ( made inade ) on ( various varions ) ( MI's- MIs ) sions with this ( pack pach ) train . ( R . 3117 . ) The last time he was at ( Warm Warin ) Creek there were two piles of coal , each of about one hundred tons , one at the ( mouth inouth ) of Warm Creek and one at the camp . ( R . ( 3117-3118 3-117-3118 ) . . ) Those piles of coal have not been ( taken iaken ) away . The coal is still there and it is buried in the sand ; ; the wind has blown the sand , and the water from the ( Colorado ColoTado ) has covered up the other pile with silt and sand . ( R . 3119 . ) The last time he ( was -was was ) at Warm Creek was in 1916 . He could see flie sand piled up over it ; he knew where it was . ( R . . 3119 ) The sand had drifted right up where the coal was . ( R . . 3119 ) He has good reason to 3 : ( 3.1107-31-VOL 3110731VOL ) . 2-5 |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109886 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109886 |