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. 0733 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0610b.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 The water surveys of 733 the river during the ( year -year year ) 1926 in the section that he was in , would average ( approximately approxhnately ) three to four hundred feet . He has waded the river just above the mouth of ( Millcreek Killereek ) before had a boat available . ( R . 2834- 2835 . ) The maximum depth at that time was about thigh high . The current at that time and place was about probably five or six miles an hour , not troublesome so far as wading was concerned , offers no resistance to wading . ( R . 2835 . ) The last of August or the first week in September , 19271 he returned to that section of the country . This was purposely done , because usually struck the ( low-water lowwater ) stage about that time . ( R . 2835 . ) In 1927 he came down in one of the two barges operated by the Moab Garage Company . Virgil Baldwin operated the boat . That trip was ( excep excep- excep ) ¬ tionally free from any difficulties ; had one or two minor delays in the nature of sand bars . On one trip he went down directly to Lockhart , about forty miles distant [ downstream from Moab ] . A camp was established at Lockhart ; had tents there and used the oil ( company's companys ) cabins . His party went down with Mr . ( Yundt's Yundts ) party ; the river party only consisted of about three men , including himself . The land parties on the mesas are five to seven . ( R . 2836 . ) When he got down to Lockhart Canyon in 1927 he continued to meander the river in the same manner as before described , by the use of the |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
108883 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/108883 |