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. 1291 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0159b.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 . He would operate the 1291 boats on what they called the easy side of the river , or the short side , the main current being on the long side . They would operate . where the river was not so swift , where they would have eddies . They ( didn't didnt ) have trouble with sand bars in high water . Of course , when they got away from the swift water , trouble with sand bars would be more liable . The boats had no trouble in making a headway against the current in high water . ( R . 5066 . ) They did not run just as well in the rapid water as in the shallow water but they avoided the swiftest water ; the boats could not make headway in the swift water and they ( didn't didnt ) make much ( head head- head ) way in the swift water when it was necessary to cross ( from froni ) one side of the stream to the other . When he was making these crossings his boat was never whipped around ; he was always able to avoid that and hold his boat upstream in the channel y That is true with all of the boats that he handled . ( R . 5067 . ) The best time he ever made upstream in the smaller boats is ten miles an hour , the average ( up- up ) stream in low water being six or seven miles an hour with the Chandler boat , the Punkin Seed ( wouldn't wouldnt ) make that time , it going four or five miles an hour . The speeds which he has given are fairly representative of the time made during ( low-water lowwater ) stages . He did not make as good time between Shafer No . 2 well and Lockhart as he did between Moab and Shafer No . 2 , ( -because because ) ( he 'he he ) was not down there so often and was not |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109134 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109134 |