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. 1277 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0152b.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 1277 In operating the Punkin Seed up and down the stream they had trouble with a sand bar once in a while but it ( didn't didnt ) bother much with that boat , , it being easy to get off ; lie ( doesn't doesnt ) think that lie was ever held up on a sand bar more than five minutes with that boat . He never had to get out of the boat and push it off , as they would generally slide right off . He believes he had to get out of the Punkin Seed only once to get it off a sand bar or any other obstruction . ( R . 5009 , 5010 . ) On that occasion he was delayed about ten minutes . While operating the Black boat he would hit a sand bar once in a while but was not hung up over ten minutes , it being a ( shallow-draft shallowdraft ) boat . They had less trouble with it than any of the others . On the occasion when he got out of the Punkin Seed and was held up for ten minutes he just missed the channel a little bit . There was a channel there such that had he followed it he would not have been delayed . Also upon the occasion when he was ( de- de ) layed ten minutes on the Black boat , the delay was caused by missing the channel . ( R . 5011 - ) When operating right along they would hardly ever encounter any trouble , time after time going through without touching anything . During the six or seven months and the sixteen months that he operated the boats spoken of he would go down the river from one to four times a week , making the round trip . He never had any serious trouble or difficulties in ( navigating -navigating navigating ) the Chandler boat the sixteen months it ( 330"07-31-VOL 3300731VOL ) . . 2-35 |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110696 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/110696 |