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. 0789 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0656b.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 ( one-hundred-foot onehundredfoot ) chain 790 ( made inade ) out of ( five-eighths fiveeighths five-plidljlhs fiveplidljlhs ) inch ( iron iroil ) , and they had to come down backwards and let this chain drag ( from froin ) the front , in order to ( hold "hold hold ) ( them thein ) from spinning around in the whirlpools and getting on the sandbars ; then they got on a sandbar . They always came down backwards , dragging this long chain in the sand . ( Whenever ANTlienever ) they stopped , they had to immediately take that chain in , or it would get in the sand and lose it . They lost two chains that ( way ivay ) . ( R . 3027 . ) On the Stanton trip in ( 1898 IS9S ) ( he lie ) found the better water below Warm Creek . There were not so many rapids and swift waters there . ( R . 3027 . ) He was at Lees Ferry when ( Spencer's Spencers ) outfit brought in the dredge machinery . It was installed about ( one-quarter onequarter ) of a mile below the ferry . He worked on the dredge and it was constructed on two barges ( anchored auchored ) out ( in iii ) the water . The dredge was operated on the sands in the river bed , ( some sonic ) also being washed in from the side . They used coal for fuel when they could get it , when they could not get it they used drift wood . ( ( E R ) . 3028 . ) There was no coal brought in except on the boats . The Violet ( Louise Loitise ) never ( brought broiiglit ) any coal down that he knows of . While at Lees Ferry ( he be ) was there practically the whole year around and had occasion to observe rapid rises in the river at ( that fliat ) point . The amount of rise would depend on the locality . There the |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109177 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109177 |