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. 0707 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0597b.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 He has becii in the Uinta 707 country , but on his diTect examination when he stated he only knew of a few small farms on Sheep Creek he was speaking with reference to the mouth of Sheep Creek and probably two miles below and as far up as the Plaming Gorge ( darn dam ) site . ( R . 2699 . ) He states that on direct examination he may have testified that when he visited the San Juan River in 1926 that it was late in the fall , probably ( Novem Novem- Novem ) ber , but he believes that it was in the spring of 1926 , March or April , and he recalls stating that on his other visits he had not seen any boats with the parties ; that when he visited this party on other occasions they were meandering the river , and he could not see the river from their camp . ( R . 2699- 2700 . ) He did not go through their baggage to see whether the boat was there or not , but as he bought the boat he ( doesn't doesnt ) believe it was purchased until after they left that country . He recalls stating on direct examination that when he crossed the San Juan River at the mouth of Nokai Canyon that the river was approximately six hundred feet in width and varied in depth from a few inches to a foot and possibly eighteen inches in pools . ( R . 2701 . ) He estimates that the water would come ( two- two ) ( thirds thi-rds thirds ) of the way up the legs of the animal he was riding . He ( doesn't doesnt ) recall whether it was a horse or a mule but states it ( was -was was ) a ( medium-sized mediumsized ) horse or ( mule i-nule inule ) weighing eight hundred or nine hundred or a thousand pounds and he would estimate the legs of the animal would be ( twenty-four twentyfour ) to thirty inches |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109870 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109870 |