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. 0961 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0795b.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 4yftttft * flfe 961 They started to tow the boat upstream and ( avgr- avgr avor- avor ) aged a mile an hour , it taking altogether ( fourteen fourtop ) hours to take the boat up . At all times they lield on to the ropes so that in case they sank in thp quicksand they would have something with ( which whioli ) to pull them out , and quicksand was found in a fq " v v places . In places they found whirlpools ( that tbat ) wqm not dangerous to tow the boat around but that ( con- con ) sumed time . ( R . ( 3767 3761" ) . ) There were also a great many shallow places where they would have to scout around to find deep enough ( water ivater ) to get the boat through . ( la In ) going upstream it is sometimes necessary to let the boat drop back a ways and move in over to one side or the other . These shallow places were in what you might ( call" call ) crossing bars . " The river is crooked , and the main current would be on the outside of a bend . ( R . 3768 . ) When the river would change its course because of a reverse curve , the water would shift from one side to the other or from the edge of the cliff on the side of one bend to the side opposite on the other and between these two stretches of deep water there would be a crossing bar , with ( shallow shallmy ) water in many places . In some cases these bars would extend clear across and in such places is ( where ivhere ) trouble with the boat would be encountered because of grounding , . In other words , there is no main channel in these places and the only ( way ivay ) the depth of the water could be determined would be by wading across and noting |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110260 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/110260 |