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. 0323 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0404b.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 Mttta w 8 -3 peller and the guards struck the sand ; ( consequently consequenti-y consequentiy ) the boat soon turned around ( with -wit-11 wit11 ) ( them theni ) . Thought . would try it another place ; tried it four ( times thnios ) . . finally one of the boys got out with ( hip bip ) boots onr . or boots that came up arbund his waist , and ( poledl poled' poled ) it ( upstream upstreani ) , let it dig its way through ; got througlr , that one ; went on probably half a mile , or a ( mile miler ) . and a half , the same thing over again , only worse . So it ( began begail ) to get toward night ; discovered ( had bad ) only gone about five ( miles iniles ) ( in iii ) five hours . That is as ( far far- far ) as they went . Turned aroundand came back . ( ( B R ) . . 1189-1190 . ) After having all of this trouble it was ; decided it would take too long to get up the river . He has taken the Evinrude boat and the ( passen passen- passen ) ger boat about three miles above ( Moab iMoab ) on the ( Colo- Colo ) rado River to Nigger Bill . From there on there are riffles and rocks in the stream . It would be foolish to attempt to get above Nigger Bill , in his opinion , because the propellers would be broken on big ( boulders bo-Ulders boUlders ) . ( R . 1191 . ) . These trips were made at different times but he ( doesn't doesnt ) remember the times of the year . He ( doesn't doesnt ) know of any other supplies of ( mer- mer ) ( chandise chaudise ) of ( importance i-niportance iniportance ) being transported on the T J Colorado except those by the boats of the Moab ; & ( Garage Cxarage ) . . The United States General Land Office ( party party- party ) was down there ; and they hauled some material for them , also camp equipment . The Colorado ( Eiver River ) was frozen over during ( the- the ) winter of 1924-1925 from December until the last , |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109823 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109823 |