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. 0131 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0307b.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 131 down the river about , say , ( seventy-five seventyfive sevelity-five sevelityfive ) iniles below his camp . . These men would need a similar amount of supplies of various kinds as he needed in his . operations . . ( R . . 476-477 ) The other placer claims were all about the same size . When lie speaks of two hundred men working on the placer claims it ( wasn't wasnt ) the same two hundred , , as they would colue and go . They would come down and work through the winter to get out of the snow and as soon as it was warm in the spring they would go back to the mountains . There is a tremendous tonnage carried in the sands of the San Juan that have gold values . There is difficulty in solving the process ( problem probleml ) as the gold is very fine . If there was a better ( proc- proc ) ess perfected for separating the gold from the sands there would be tremendous values taken from tihein . . ( R . . 477-479 . ) He believes he has had five oil permits on the river . . They are located from the mouth of Lions Creek down to where the bridge goes across the San Juan . . It is down the river about twenty miles west from Chinle Creek . There are a great ( num- num ) ber of other oil structures on the San Juan besides those covered by his permit . Some are ten or twelve miles back from the river and there are others on the river bed . . ( R . . 480 . ) There is one joins his ground on the east and one on the west and there are some others on downstream and there are some big oil seeps in the canyon . . The oil |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109299 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109299 |