Title |
No. 15 Original, Brief of Defendant, the State of Utah, 1929 |
Subject |
Mines and mineral resources -- Environmental aspects -- Utah; United States -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Utah -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Utah -- 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 |
1929-10 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Original format: 12 microfilm reels |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
No. 15 Original, Brief of Defendant, the State of Utah, 1929 |
Spatial Coverage |
Colorado; Utah; Mexico |
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/s69p339m |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110907 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69p339m |
Title |
Brief of Defendant, 1929, p. 064 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0387a.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 more distance in a minute than 64 we could make going forward in fifteen minutes ; the boat had a draft of a foot loaded ; we sometimes carried a line ashore four or five times a day and on that trip only made nine miles in two days . We hauled supplies to the Fowler camp and as required would move the camp two or three miles to another place . I ( don't dont ) know how many trips we made in 1921 , but ( didn't didnt ) cross the ( Utah- Utah ) Arizona line more than six or eight times , on one occasion going up as far as Mile 68 . ( R . 2450-6 , Vol . 13 . ) A flood would usually ( take t0ce ) out a majority of the troublesome bars and for a few days thereafter we would have the best ( travel travel- travel ) ¬ ing and then would have to pick our way through the bars . Our first trip was about August 1 , when the water was at ( law low ) stage and we could only make one or two miles per hour upstream . The channel of the river was never the same . We would ( make malce ) a trip one week and next week would find a dozen new bars . A bar will form in the quiet water and I do not mean to say that the channel is never the same anywhere . In operating my boat I ( didn't didnt ) always pick the deepest water because of the swift current in the deep parts , and if it is not swift there is a bar . When I speak of channel I ( don't dont ) necessarily mean the deeper part of the river but I mean where I went through with my boat and I ( didn't didnt ) travel the deepest water because I ( couldn't couldnt ) make progress . Going downstream I would steer allong the deep portions of the channel but would encounter a bar every mile or two . ( R . 2457-63 , Vol . 13 . ) Later I installed a new paddle wheel on the boat and had very much better luck and could make more progress ( up- up ) stream at all stages of water . With the new paddle wheel we would get stuck on bars but it was not as bad because the boat ( didn't didnt ) settle on the bars as formerly . Almost every day the crew would have to get overboard and assist the boat off a bar and try to find another channel of sufficient depth . ( R . 2463-5 , Vol . 13 . ) In 1922 ( I 1 ) built a new stern wheel and new bow for the boat ; that year our work was within about 10 miles of Lees Ferry and we had less trouble . From Bridge Canyon down to 10 miles above Lees Ferry the condition of the river is practically uniform . We called this boat the Navajo and Exhibit 409 is a picture of it after the paddle wheel was installed . ( R . 2465-7 , Vol . 13 . ) I marked the places where there were obstructions to navigation with piles of rock unless there was some natural |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
108833 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69p339m/108833 |