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. 0177 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0330b.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 jiiJteii * '1 * -"'- * , - , - * - . . * - * * 177 ( When Wheil ) ( lie he ) first went into the country the first ( saw- saw ) mills ( bad had ) come ( in ill ) and were working there and ( tho the ) handiest , nicest timber on the ( fiats flats ) was the first that fell . He would say that the cutting had began before 1896 . The heaviest cuts were prior to ( the the- the ) past thirty years . . He knows there have been big mills operating there ( constantly constautly ) for the last thirty years . He believes that the cutting of the timber on the watershed causes the quicker result ( in ill ) the . running off . ( R . 650-652 . ) In order to get any freight down to the San Juan River from those points would have to do this . The railroad crosses the San Juan above at ( Farm- Farm ) ( ingtoil-comes ingtoilcomes ) to the ( San Sall ) ( Juan Juali ) ; if you wanted to float it down , take it to Farmington on the ( rail-- rail ) road . ( R . 655 . ) . The points where the rigs were unloaded were the closest points and distance from Bluff and . were closer than Farmington . He knows that there are thousands of acres of the finest land he ever laid ( eyes ey-es eyes ) on lying north of the ( San Sall ) Juan River in San Juan County , Utah , which is under the Dolores River if there was water ( in ii'l iil ) the river to irrigate it and there is also some excellent bottom land ( in ill ) ( Montezuma Montezuina ) Creek canyon and side draws that would support a large ( popula popula- popula ) ( tion tioll ) of people that is also under the Dolores water . ( R . 653-655 . ) By ( "under" under ) he ( means inealis ) capable of gravity flow from the Dolores River to this ground ; all the ( 33307-31-VOL 3330731VOL ) 1-12 |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109419 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109419 |