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. 0168 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0326a.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 inch to the ( rod xod ) ; he is not 168 engineer enough to tell the amount of water . ( R . 615 . ) He has been down the bed of the river when it was dry from Bluff to ( John's Johns ) Canyon and Clay Hill , afoot and on horseback . Another time they went to work a road up above Bluff . They camped the first night seven miles above Bluff ; had to dig for water for their horses in the bed of the San Juan River ; and all the Navajos were digging for water for their livestock . There was water in pools around rocks and the stumps of cottonwoods where it had washed ; they were full i I fish , and the fish had died , and their stock f ( 't t ) drink water . But nothing running . J that entire trip they were gone a week , maybe days , he does not know , they had to dig ( for fot ) that trip . When they got back home , then the water came down . ( R . 616 . ) Along in August water in the river gets down to eighteen inches or two feet deep ; you have to hunt a place where it is confined , to get water enough to bathe in . It spreads into three or four different streams and is full of wrigglers . This condition is in the river from Bluff to the Colorado line and from Bluff to the Colorado River . ( R . 616-617 . ) That is the condition in the section from Bluff to the Colorado River or from the Colorado line to the Colorado River . To give you an idea , the bridge at ( Goodrich-the Goodrichthe ) river is ( sixty-four sixtyfour ) feet wide there , confined in solid rock walls ; the last time he bathed |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109208 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109208 |