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Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 0905

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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
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ID 110905
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz

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Title Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 0905
Format application/pdf
Identifier 1929-1931-roll11_0715b.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.
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OCR Text + . ( M- M ) * , : mU . : * . JMtttCMAt 905 Wont downstream in 1894 . down , to . ( AztGG Aztao ) Rapids , , Colorado River ; between Tickaboo Bar and ( Aztac AztQc ) Creek , rapids every few miles all away down . . ( Worgfe 11"orat 11orat ) ones at mouth of ( Hanson 11anson ) Creek and the ( Bullfrog Bullfxog ) Rapids . ( R . 3572 . ) ( -P P ) Character of river with reference to floods is that in narrow places the river rises 75 or 80 ft , . above ( extreme extreine ) low level of river . ( R . ( 3572-3573 3572-30-73 ) ) ( At AA ) Hite and * Good Hope , highest rise in river was ( about tbout ) 21 or 22 ft . while he was there ; water so thick with silt and ( mud mud- mud ) could hardly settle it enough to get a drink . ( R . 3573 . ) These floods annual rises ( from froin ) melting of snow ( --others others ) ( freshets fresliets ) upstream , cloudbursts , etc . Floods ( from froin ) melting snow usually begin in April and end early in July ; during July and August , river very muddy from rains coming down little lateral canyons ; ( some- some ) times river very low , other ( times tinaes ) pretty good stage of water ; at that time more erratic , more rise and fall than at other times of year . ( R . 3573-3574 . ) Rising and falling water would destroy a sandbar and build it up another place ; never knew exactly where current was going to be . Any little obstruction would cause silt to settle and bar would form . ( Any- Any ) thing that would take that , it would crumble very fast , , and a channel would form in a short time . ( R . . 3574 . ) During September and October water usually low from then until following spring , except for rise caused by rains . ( R . . 3374 . )
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109473