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. 0378 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0433a.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 One ( tiling -thing thing ) that interested 378 them not a little was ( the -the the ) fact that in grounding they always jumped ( over- over ) board as quickly as possible in order to prevent the boat from settling in the sand ; found if it stayed there a few minutes it would fill ; had a hard time ( to -to to ) get it off . So several times , when the boat struck Reeside up in the bow just jumped out there and instead of striking sand at a depth of something like this [ indicating ] , that would ground the boat ( R . 1319-1320 ) he , Reeside , would go clear above the waist , indicating he was on the deep side of a bar , like these sand dunes on the surface ; a surface sand dune moves up , the wind piling the sand over ( and -and and ) over and over that way ; in all probability the sand bar moves the same way ; the middle and rear part of the boat would be grounded on the top . of the bar ; he would happen to jump overboard on ( the -the the ) deep side ; that happened several times ( R . 1321 ) . This condition continued clear down to the ( junc junc- junc ) tion with the Green River . He remembers a place near the mouth of Green River called the ( Slide" Slide "Slide" Slide ) where they camped there one night , and climbed the cliff on the right ( bank ban1c ) of the river as far as they could go ; they ( went -Nient Nient ) up fifteen hundred feet . This " ( Slide" Slide ) is ( an ail ) accumulation of boulders ( in iii ) the Colorado River about one mile and a quarter or mile ( aud and ) a ( half balf ) up stream from the mouth of the Green River . ( R . 1322 . ) He is not able to express any opinion as to the ao e , in years geologically , of the " Slide . " The last |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109622 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109622 |