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. 0106 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0295a.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 ing to the placer mines . 106 They were ( coming coiiihig ) ( from from- from ) Colorado and ( came caine ) down the river to the ( placer placer- placer ) mines . ( He I-Ic IIc ) believes they were carrying just ( pro- pro ) ( visions visioiis ) and a few tools and a little lumber . He has never been much interested in . mining and he happened to be in Bluff when these two parties went through . They landed there and ( he lie ) was ( run- run ) ning a store and they came for supplies and he ( hap-- hap ) pened to be in the store when they were passing by . . There are the only two that he now recalls . ( ( E R ) . . 387 . ) He recalls the placer mine excitement on the San Juan but not so distinctly on the Colorado . ( The- The ) boom lasted a year or two and there were ( other other- other ) minor excitements from ( time thne ) to time during ( the the- the ) last fifty years ; but very few for the last ten years . . ( ( E R ) . 387-388 . ) There were not many floods in a single year on . the San Juan River but such floods as they had ( dur- dur ) ing his fifty ( years' years ) residence would come along in the two seasons , July and September . ( ( E R ) . 388- 389 . ) About one good big flood a year is enough . They ( wouldn't wouldnt ) average that ; ( many inany ) years ( don't dont ) have . these big floods . Ordinary ( years ydars ) just have ( regula regula- regula ) ¬ tion high and low water . ( ( E R ) . 389 . ) There were two occasions in his recollection when there was no water ( running runuing ) ( at tit ) Bluff in the river . One occasion was twenty or ( twenty-five twentyfive ) years ago , . and the other occasion ( was -was was ) ( more irliore ) recent . These were the only two ( occasions occasioiis ) when ( ho lie ) ( lias has ) ever ( known 1-noW11 1noW11 ) |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109093 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109093 |