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. 0691 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0589b.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 White canyon and landed 691 on the opposite side of Dandy Crossing . ( ( E R ) . 2625 . ) There were three in the party , and had four animals . ( ( B R ) . 2625 . ) He stayed on the other side of Dandy Crossing all night ; that evening when landed there , stayed there that night , and the next morning there was ( Hoiner Homer ) Hite on the other side of the river ; he had a boat there ; he told me to come across , he towed them ( across-rowed acrossrowed ) across ; towed the animals behind the boat and landed on the right side . That day ( he lie ) went right on down to Hite ; turned the animals loose on the bar and went down in that boat down to Good Hope . ( R . 2626 . ) They just used a ( row ro-vv rovv ) boat with two oars . He remained on the Good Hope bar where he was placer mining the remainder of 1891 and ( until untiI ) about June or July in 1892 . He used no boats in connection with the placer mining . He never took any boats upstream . ( ( B R ) . 2626 . ) He has seen other men take boats upstream ; does not know how they got along ; he did see them ( leave lea-ve leave ) the placer mine ; he knew they went up after supplies and then came back with ( them tbem ) , ( "and and ) I see them start out from the camp , but I ( wasn't wasnt -wasn't wasnt ) with them ; I ( don't dont ) know how they got up . " He did not make any trips himself in the boats . ( R . 2627 . ) During the three years in there did not see any supplies brought in on the river either from below at Lees ( Perry Ferry ) or from above at Greenriver , ( Utah Mali ) . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109523 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109523 |