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. 0170 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0327a.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 There is nothing else 170 but sand bars in that ( see- see ) ( tion 'tion tion ) . They are not stable . They do not stay in the same place day after day ; they often change in an hour . ( ( E R ) . 620-621 . ) There are rapids along down the river ; he has crossed them on horseback at the mouth of ( Gyp- Gyp ) ( sum s-um sum ) Creek at Mexican Hat . He has never been through them in a boat , but has just seen the rapids from the rim . ( ( E R ) . 622-623 . ) After the town of Blanding and Monticello were established they obtained their supplies by ( freight freight- freight ) ing in overland by team and wagon . The country is very ( sparsely sptarsely ) populated . When he left there he estimated Blanding at ( 900 90-0 ) and ( Mon- Mon ) ticello at 300 . He would say there are about ten ranches east of Monticello and a little settlement at LaSalle north of there where there are twleve or fifteen families . He would say that there are twenty families living east of a line drawn . north and south through Bluff . During the ( time thue ) that he lived there there ( were -were were ) no families living west of Mexican Hat and the character of the country is not capable of supporting a population . He has had lots of experience with sand storms . In a sand storm the fine sand will drift along the ground the same as a ( snow silow ) storm and the ( grass rrass ) , might be buried in it and the next night it might reverse and uncover the grass . A large quantity of this sand is deposited in the river . ( R . 623-626 . ) He has had a great deal of trouble with ( quick quick- quick ) sand ( 011 on ) the San Juan . You can take the bars after |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110727 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110727 |