| 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. 0348 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0418a.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 348 ( Hanksville Eianksville ) , and is ( something soniething ) like a ( well-traveled welltraveled ) desert track . ( ( E R ) . 1253 . ) The road does not ( fol- fol ) low the line of the river ; it leaves the river ( immedi immedi- immedi ) ately . There is a ( road-a roada ) track or desert road from Hanksville to some mining communities in the Henry mountains . ( ( E R ) . 1253 . ) That is south of Hanksville and this road to North Wash follows that road for about eighteen miles . Thereafter it resumed the nature of a desert track , leading , as he understood , to certain ranches down in there , for a further distance of about eleven ( miles-they milesthey ) made that by ( automobile-then automobilethen ) it drops into North Wash . ( ( E R ) . 1253-1254 . ) The only other roads he saw in that region were a few tracks leading off , and from Hanksville there is a road leading ( west -vrest vrest ) , the mail route leading west over the mountains somewhere , ( he lie ) ( doesn't doesnt ) know just where . ( ( E R ) . 1254 . ) It is alleged that water runs all the year in the Dirty Devil ( Eiver River ) at Hanksville . Except for the wagon that carried their boats down ahead of them to the Colorado ( Eiver River ) there was no indication of wagons having come over the road ( between betwee-n between ) the point at North Wash where the wagon joined ( them thein ) and the Colorado ( Eiver River ) at the mouth of the wash . ( R . 1254 . ) His boat was put into the Colorado ( Eiver River ) at the mouth of North Wash by Bert Loper , his boatman , and it was in condition to go downstream . ( ( E R ) . 1255 . ) In this case the boat was a skiff ( manufac manufac- manufac ) ¬ tured by the Evinrude Company for use with an |
| Setname |
usa_crc |
| ID |
109112 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109112 |
