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Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1027

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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

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Title Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1027
Format application/pdf
Identifier 1929-1931-roll12_0027b.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.
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Dimensions JPEG: 650 x 1000
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OCR Text from tributaries , Brush and 1027 Ashley Creeks , although there might be a trifle of land irrigated by pumped water from the river . The area shaded yellow , which indicates proposed irrigation , might possibly involve some pumping from the river ; the amount of ( water -water water ) used would be small and would have no relation whatever ( to 'to to ) the power sites . There is a little ( pro- pro ) posed irrigation near Ouray Utah ] . The Ouray reservoir site , however , has been discarded because of ( more 'more more ) usable sites and poor foundation conditions there . These proposed irrigated lands , as those ( under 'under under ) irrigation , would obtain water principally from tributaries to the Green River . ( R . 4047-4048 . ) These dam sites were surveyed under authority of the Reclamation Service of 1902 , and by Geological Survey , under general authority for investigation of water resources . Many of the surveys , however , were undertaken with a view to develop a ( compre compre- compre ) hensive general plan of development for the whole river . In the vicinity of Greenriver , Utah , is the most promising possibility of irrigation in Utah from the Green River . By diverting the water from a dam of considerable height , and supplementing by pumping , water could be obtained to irrigate a few thousand acres . ( R . 4048-4049 . ) Compl . Exh . No . 507 is the press relief , bearing the title ( "Utilization Utilization ) of the Green and Colorado Rivers . " The paper summarizes the principal information as to irrigated and irrigable land , developed and ( undevel- undevel )
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ID 109153
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109153