Title |
No. 15 Original, Brief for the United States, 1929 |
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 |
1929-10 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Original format: 12 microfilm reels |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
No. 15 Original, Brief for the United States, 1929 |
Spatial Coverage |
Colorado; Utah; Mexico |
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/s65x2bkw |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110908 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65x2bkw |
Title |
Brief for the U.S., 1929, p. 016 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0484a.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 treme variation between 16 ( high Idgh ) and low water being about thirty feet . When the water rises it does so very rapidly and it falls in the same way . The river bed has a fall of more ( than thaii ) ( one oile ) foot to the ( mile inile ) and consists of light sand which is easily washed about ( and aud ) is carried downstream in great ( qiian- qiian ) tities at every rise of the water . At all ( times fluies ) there is ( an ail ) almost ( continuous contimious ) succession of shifting and extensive sand bars . ( Ordi- Ordi ) narily the depth of water over the sand bars is from six to eighteen ( inches ilielies ) and elsewhere from three to six feet . There is no ( perma pernia- pernia ) nent or stable channel . Such as there is shifts irregularly ( from froin ) ( one oiie ) side of the bed to the other and not infrequently separates into two or three parts . Boats ( with -with with ) a ( suffi- suffi ) cient draft to be of any service can ascend and ( descend desceiid ) only during periods of high . water . Tliese periods are intermittent , of irregular and short duration , ( and aud ) confined to a few months in the ( year yeaT ) . At page 591 the Court states : Its characteristics are ( such sucli ) that its use for transportation has been ( and aiid ) must be ( excep excep- excep ) tional , and confined to the irregular ( and aind ) short periods of temporary high water . A greater capacity for practical and ( beneficial beueficial ) use in ( commerce cominerce ) is essential to ( establish establisla ) navigability . In the case of ( North Nort7b ) American Dredging ( Go Co ) . of ( Nevada Yeva-da Yevada ) et al . ( v -v v ) . ( lliutzer Jlfintzer ) et al . , 245 Fed . 297 , ( tlie the ) physical characteristics of the San Pablo ( Canal Caual ) , |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109470 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65x2bkw/109470 |