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. 1060 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0044a.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 coal . ( R . 4210 . ) There 1060 were seven or eight or more people in the party on the trip . About half way from Greenriver to the mouth of the San Rafael they struck a rock or boulder in the river and broke a hole through the planking in the bottom . The boat began to leak badly and it was necessary to beach it and patch it up . The draft of the boat was somewhere in the neighborhood of twelve or fourteen inches , loaded . ( R . 4210-4211 . ) After patching the boat they went ahead and had the usual luck all the way . They hit many sand bars all the way down . The boat was got off the sand bars by the use of snatch blocks and lines . When the blocks and lines were used it was necessary to send a man ashore to anchor the lines . In other places they would get out of the boat and push it off with levers . ( R . 4212 . ) Labyrinth Canyon is a ( sand-bar sandbar ) canyon , there being no gravel there , and the water is very shallow during the low water . ( R . 4212 . ) They were used to ( navi- navi ) gating through there so could pick their channel part of the time , keep the deepest water ; other places it is impossible ( to -U'-o Uo ) do that ; they simply had to work their boats over the shallow places . ( R . 4212-4213 . ) The bottom of the boat was practically flat and the pilot was a man named Calkey . He can not recall how many days we used ; ( some- some ) times we tied up a long while , several hours , on a bar ; other days we would make good headway , cover quite a distance , some days a very few miles . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109933 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109933 |