Title |
No. 14 Original, Abstract of the Testimony, vol. 1, pp. 1-748 |
Subject |
Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- Utah; United States -- 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. 1, pp. 1-748 |
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/s6pv6n1x |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110904 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x |
Title |
Abstract Testimony, V 1, p. 0175 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0329b.jpg |
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 was all prospecting . They 175 were hunting for gold . The placer operations were all on the gravel bars on the San Juan River . There was mining both above and below Bluff . The men would come in from the Colorado Mountains in the winter with their burros and while they were wintering there they would prospect the bars . This was nearly every winter ( he lie ) knew of after ( he lie ) got to Rincon , three or four years after they landed at Montezuma . The oil drilling began in about 1909 and he had several permits himself and he is still interested in them . Some of his permits were right on the bed of the San Juan River and were United States ( per per- per ) mits . He ( doesn't doesnt ) hold any State leases . His ( orig orig- orig ) inal locations were made under the old Placer ( Pe- Pe ) troleum Act . He has never engaged in any actual litigation with holders of State leases . ( R . ( GST- GST 637- ) ( Gil 641 ) . ) He has seen this river dry twice , but in different sections . Once dry above Bluff , and once in the canyon right below Bluff . ( R . 641 . ) These are the only times he saw the river ( abso abso- abso ) ¬ lutely dry but ( he lie ) ( didn't didnt ) set the times when he saw it dry so he ( couldn't couldnt ) remember . ( R . 641-642 . ) He has attempted to control the direction of the river lots ; tried to protect their bottoms , so their fields would not be injured from the floods , and repair the damage that was occasioned ( by -by by ) the floods that destroyed the original channel as he found it when he arrived there . ( R . 644 . ) |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
108857 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/108857 |