| 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. 0173 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0328b.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 It would take lots of ( nionoy money ) ( 173 1.1473 ) , to irrigate ( ik it ) but it could be done ; it is feasible . There is not any ( such stich ) land beyond Bluff . ( 13ia- 13ia ) tween Bluff and the Colorado there is ( nothing nothing' nothing ) . , ( He Ble ) thinks he is safe in saying there is not a thing that could be irrigated , nor farmed if it were . ( irrigated ivrigated ) . Piute Farms is in a canyon out toward Navajo ( Mountain Mountah-1 Mountah1 ) on the reservation ground ; it is not the reservation itself , west of the one hundred ( and ana ) tenth meridian , in what the President of the United V States has jurisdiction to open and close . It is on the south side of the San Juan ( Biver River ) . ( R . 629- 630 . ) There is a great deal of land ( on oil ) the Navajo Reservation that is suitable to irrigation . ( This 'Rii8 Rii8 ) land that is suitable of irrigation is on the south side of the river from ( Ohinle Chinle ) Creek up in places ( to io ) . Shiprock , New Mexico . ( Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . Vol . 4 , pp . 631-655 ) : The territory is twenty miles wide by forty long . That would make good level ( farm farni ) ( lands lauds ) with some bad ( lands lauds ) . It is a ( table-land tableland ) country and on the north side you get the same . ( R . 631-632 . ) When he left Juab County to go into the San Juan he was probably ten years old , probably old enough to sit on a pony . He first settled at ( Moiite- Moiite Monte- Monte ) zuma and then at what he calls ( Riiicon Rincon ) at the mouth of Chinle Wash . Chinle Wash and Comb Wash . |
| Setname |
usa_crc |
| ID |
109263 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109263 |
