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. 0770 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0647a.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 daylight . ( R . 2962-2963 770 . ) He also did ( work worh ) above the Shafer No . ( 1 I ) well to the north line of those permits ; it was about three miles . He was on the river about eleven miles the trip down . Work in connection with the ( pipe-line pipeline ) ( recon recon- recon ) ¬ naissance consisted only in looking over the part of the reconnaissance visible from the boats . He has gone over that with Mr . ( Oleary Cleary ) ; over the balance of the line he ( didn't didnt ) go . He came out on the 25th of January on the barge . ( R . 2963 . ) During the trip upstream on January ( 25th 25tb ) , the first trip out , had some trouble at the mouth of Bull Canyon , where it was necessary to cross from one side ( of of' of ) the river to the other , on account of a cross channel there . They had a little trouble at that point . ( R . 2964 . ) Mr . Virgil Baldwin or a man by the name . of Walker operated the boat all of the time it was . there . He believes that Virgil Baldwin had charge . of the boat the day that he went out . He next returned to Shafer well No . ( 1 I ) about the . 25th of March [ 1926 ] . When he made that trip he does not believe that Mr . ( Oleary Cleary ) was with him , . but that the latter was on the Elk Ridge working at that time . The trip was made on the barge , and he does not recall that they had any trouble . ( The The- The ) stage of water was some higher ; the water was ( ex- ex ) tremely low during January [ 1926 ] ( , . ) ( R . 2964 . ) He remained ( down doivn ) there until about the 25th ( of of' of ) August or the ( 1st Ist ) of September , 1926 , and during that time ( he lie ) ( was -was was ) engaged in completing the survey of the Government permits on the Kane Creek |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109541 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109541 |