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. 1043 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0035b.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 To the best of his recollection 1043 , the earliest manual that required streams whose ( right-angle rightangle ) width was three chains and ( upwards-the upwardsthe ) earliest instructions with reference to that were about 1890 . Before that it had been left to the discretion of the surveyor , . and it was determined that in 1890 it was necessary to define with particularity the circumstances under which streams should be meandered and this ( segre- segre ) gated from the mass of the public domain . A chain is 66 feet ; three chains is practically equivalent to . 200 feet . ( R . 4096-4097 . ) The chain used by government surveyors is ( called callecL ) the ( "Gunter's Gunters ) ( Chain" Chain ) and is ( sixty-six sixtysix ) feet in ( length length- length ) That instruction . standardized the surveys . ( ( R- R ) 4097 . ) ( Cross-Examination CrossExamination ) ( R . Vol . 23 , pp . 4103-4104 ) : ( Recalled ( R . 4137-4142 ) ) : As requested , he brought four volumes that are the , earlier manuals that were in use and followed by the . Department in the survey of public lands . The . manual bearing the date of 1881 was in force from its . date up until 1890 . There was an earlier manual than this one , of 1855 , but the general principles with . reference to the detail which should be observed in meandering was a matter of gradual ( development- development development ) Each manual as it came out would indicate a little , finer degree of observation of the character of the , stream . As he remembers , the manual of 1881 did not provide for the width of ( npnnavigable nonnavigable ) waters ( or- or ) streams and the matter was left ( more'or moreor ) less to the |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109441 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109441 |