| 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. 0706 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0597a.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 706 surveys along the San Juan and while he was in , ( charge ebarge ) of the San Juan just as niuch as the ( Colo- Colo ) rado River some of the surveys may have stopped at the river and not ( heen been ) meandered . The only way he could tell this would be to get all the plats , but as far as he knows the meander has taken place whenever the public survey has extended to the San Juan River . ( R . 2694 . ) ( "When When ) one of his parties was making survey twelve miles north of the ( Utah-Arizona UtahArizona U-Uth-Arizona UUthArizona ) line in 1917Y he rode from ( where -where where ) the men were surveying over to the ( river ri-ver river ) and at that point he would ( esti- esti ) mate that the survey came ( within -within within ) probably twelve miles of the Colorado River . ( R . 2695 . ) He knows that there are some veins of coal in that vicinity . The ones that he saw were probably thirty miles from the Colorado River . ( R . 2696 ) He has also seen a pile of coal on Warm Creek that might be three to five miles from the Colorado River . ( R . 2697 . ) He ( doesn't doesnt ) know where the dam crosses the Green River ( mth vith ) reference to the town of ( Green- Green ) river . He ( doesn't doesnt ) know anything about the dam . . ( R . 2697-2698 . ) He is familiar with a strip approximately three miles ( wide -wide wide ) extending up above Greenriver , , ( Utah -Utah Utah ) , , about forty miles . The trail goes up on the east side . ( R . 2698 . ) He states that by observation from places you can see three or four miles on both sides of the river . He was only up in that ( par- par ) ticular locality once . ( R . 2698-2699 . . ) |
| Setname |
usa_crc |
| ID |
109047 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109047 |
