Title |
No. 14 Original, Abstract of the Testimony, vol. 2, pp. 749-1426 |
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 |
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. 2, pp. 749-1426 |
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/s6k35wbz |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110905 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz |
Title |
Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1320 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0174a.jpg |
Relation |
No. 14 Original. Abstract in Narrative Form of the Testimony Taken before the Special Master, and filed in His Court by Him, vol. 2, pp. 479-1426 |
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 than one hundred and ( eighty-five eightyfive ) 1320 thousand acres of land by using the direct flow of the river as well as the storage flow . ( R . 5165 . ) It would be feasible to store the entire three hundred and fifty thousand ( acre-feet acrefeet -acre-feet acrefeet ) available in the Dolores River . One and ( one-quarter onequarter ) ( acre-feet acrefeet ) of water is a pretty low duty in comparison with other portions of the basin , but the character of the soil on the mesas is different from most other portions . After you get further east there is a heavy adobe soil and the river bottom , that is gravelly , requires approximately three ( acre-feet acrefeet ) of water per year . Practically all of the area colored green on the map . requires that much water . ( R . 5166 . ) It was , contemplated that for the most economical methods ( -of of ) using the stored water , laterals should be run from the reservoir in a northwesterly direction , to the Colorado line and extending into Utah . At the time the surveys were being made it was estimated that two hundred and eighty thousand acres of land ( could 'Could Could ) be economically irrigated under proper ( distri distri- distri ) ¬ bution in the state of Utah . ( R . 5167 . ) If the ( reservoir -reservoir reservoir ) were increased so as to store the full three ( hundred 'hundred hundred ) and fifty thousand ( acre-feet acrefeet ) available in the Dolores River , it would not be possible to irrigate ( more -more more ) land , subsequent storage being planned on the mesas themselves . Aside from the one and one and ( one-quarter onequarter ) ( acre- acre ) feet of irrigation water required there is a heavy precipitation over a great portion of the area colored yellow , the climatical reports showing fifteen to |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
108899 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/108899 |