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. 0219 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0352b.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 ( Directly Dixectly ) below ( Narrow NLTarrow ) ( 219 9.19 ) Canyon ( -the the ) Fremont ( Elver River ) comes in ; sometimes called the Dirty Devil . ( R . 795 . ) This is before you get to ( Glen Men ) Canyon ; , the recent survey includes Narrow Canyon in Glen ( Canyon Oanyon ) . ( R . 796 . ) In Glen Canyon they experienced difficulty in grounding frequently . The mouth of the San Juan is a little more than halfway through Glen Canyon . Below the San Juan the river is quieter than above but there is considerably more sand brought \ into the San Juan and their progress from that point was ( marked niarked ) with groundings frequently . ( R . 796 . ) They made the run to the ( mouth niouth ) of the San Juan in possibly three and ( one-half onehalf ) days , he believes . The ( Hole-in-the-Rock HoleintheRock ) is above the ( San Sail ) Juan and the Crossing of the Fathers is below . ( R . 797 . ) That section of Glen Canyon had canyon ( walls waUs ) set back from the river and the canyon was ( pos- pos ) sibly one thousand feet wide and there were ( bot- bot ) ( toms tonis ) on either one side or the other . There were ( bottoms bottonis ) four hundred feet wide that had dense growth of willows and vegetation ; very few ( cotton- cotton ) ( woods -woods woods ) , and there were more ( cottomvoods cottonwoods ) in the ( up- up ) per section . Glen Canyon ( ends elids ) at Lees Ferry . ( R . 798 . ) Same character of water through all that section . The lower end is quieter than the upper section . ( R . ( 798-799 7984199 ) . ) Hite , Utah , is a short distance below the mouth ( -of of ) the Dirty Devil , just a few miles , and they saw |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110181 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110181 |