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. 0697 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0592b.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 697 It ( Muled bauled ) ( eoal coal ) and anything that ( tliey they ) had to ( have' have ) to operate the camp ; it all went around that island . . . The coal carried around that ( island islaud ) in the scow ran as high as three thousand [ pounds ] . The coal was used to supply the ( hoilers boilers ) on the other ( side side- side ) [ of the river ] for that mine . The coal came from a point ( between bet-ween between ) the Henry Mountains and ( the the- the ) river , just about half way . There is a coal vein in there they call a Coal Mesa , ( and"Mr andMr ) . Goss , the one ( he lie ) ( was vas ) working for , ( he lie ) contracted coal to be hauled or skipped that he dug from that place down on to ( tlie the ) California Bar ; a fellow ( named iia-med iiamed ) John ( Chris- Chris Chris ) had the contract ; ( he lie ) had ten or twelve burrows ; he would pack it down to Hanson Creek . ( R . ( 2638- 2638-- ) 2639 . ) Then it would be loaded in the scow at the landing place and ( taken talcen ) around the island to ( the- the ) mine . The road from the coal mine to . Hanson Creek ( was -was was ) ( not uot ) a very good one . ( A-wacron Awacron ) ( probably probably- probably ) went down there once a year ; it is pretty rough ( country coulitry ) through - there . Approximately the coal was hauled seventeen ( miles nifles ) from the ( mine nih--ic nihic ) to the . mouth of Hanson Creek . ( Tlie The ) scow that he helped to build in 1899 had a ( fourteen-foot fourteenfoot foiirteen-foot foiirteenfoot ) ( bottom bottoin ) and was ( twenty-eight twentyeight ) feet long . ( R . 2639 . ) On one trip when he was ( carry carry- carry ) ing drift wood ( he lie ) got stuck in ( tlie tfie ) river about seven miles below Good Hope Bar . ( When AVIlen ) he got the scow off the bar he shoved it off into deeper water . ( Don't Dont ) know anything about deeper water there . He ( might inight ) have wanted to . . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109487 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109487 |