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. 1420 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0224a.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 The North Elk Mountains 1420 have ( cloven eleven ) thousand six hundred ( twenty-eight twentyeight ) acres of merchantable yellow pine , with a stand of ( thirty-two thirtytwo t1iii-ty-two t1iiitytwo ) million board feet . ( The Tile ) balance of the land of the LaSal forest in ( tim tim- tim ) ( ber iber ) classification is nineteen thousand five hundred ( itfro ifffo ) acres of a mixed type , which is a stand of various ( classes cfasses ) of trees , none of which occur in sufficient groups to be classified as merchantable ; ( twenty-two twentytwo ) thousand six hundred ( forty-seven fortyseven ) acres of woodland type being Juniper and Pinion , with no commercial value except for posts ; ( seventy-nine seventynine ) thousand seven hundred ( sixty-four sixtyfour ) acres of brush land , being oak brush ; five hundred ( twenty-eight twentyeight ) acres of purely grazing land with no timber on it ; and seven thousand four hundred ( eighty-five eightyfive ) acres of barren land . ( R . 5502-5503 . ) At the present time there are saw mills in operation on the LaSal forest . They are stationary mills , operating in the ( yellow-pine yellowpine ) type , with a yearly cut of approximately two hundred thousand [ board feet ] . The lumber is sold to ranchers , homesteaders and merchants of Monticello and Blanding principally , and is transported by wagon and truck . He does not know of any use of the Colorado River at the present time for the purpose of bringing lumber rafts down . ( R . 5504 . ) He is familiar with the use of the LaSal National Forest for grazing purposes , and the land has been classified for that purpose . The land is classified by |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
108901 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/108901 |