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. 0103 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0293b.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 Alonticello is east of the 103 Colorado River and there is also La Salle cand ranches and people ( living ltving ) along flie ( high-way highway lihrh-way lihrhway ) . The San Juan country is sparsely settled as compared with inhabited sections in the cast and other parts of the country . He believes the population of the county is somewhere near four ( t-bousand tbousand ) . He believes there are approximately four thousand people living in the section between Bluff and Moab and ( east cast ) of the Colorado River . . ( R . 377 . ) It looked pretty tough to him when ( he lie ) first went in there but ( he lie ) knew there was some good country . He ( didn't didnt ) have his pick or he likely would not have stayed there , but if necessary he ( can call ) tell just why he went there . Generally speaking the people in the San Juan country are like people living other places , and for a great many years all of them have come in there of their own free will and there is no law ( against qgainst ) their leaving . ( R . 378 . ) There are vast areas of virgin country that have received very little attention in the way of ( develop- develop ) ( ment nient ) and they are suitable to great development , and from his knowledge of the country ( he lie ) has no doubt that the section will be greatly developed . There is a great empire in there . He is not a miner and ( doesn't doesnt ) know ( much inuch ) about the mineral end . ( What AAThat ) lie means by development is that there is a lot of wonderfully good land down there for raising I grain and crops , one of the best ( dry-land dryland ) countries in the ( world iiorld ) , , he believes . ( R . . 379 . ) Between this |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109458 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109458 |