| 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. 0166 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0325a.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 placer miners . He saw them 166 come to the store with their horses and ponies , pack their merchandise on them and leave the store at the mouth of Comb Wash . He is acquainted with the ( Honaker Horaker ) Trail . It is about seven miles below the bridge at Goodrich . Before the trail was built , Honaker , who was a placer miner there , lowered his supplies over the cliff with a rope and descended and ascended the ( rope xope ) . Later the trail was built from the canyon to the top of the rim , a difference in elevation of about eleven hundred feet . So far as he knows they took all of their supplies over the trail . ( Mendenhall lUendenhall ) built a trail about ( one-half onehalf ) way ( be- be ) tween the Honaker Trail and the bridge . ( R . 608- 609 . ) This trail was established for the purpose all trails are , to ride ponies over and pack grub . ( R . 610 . ) He has done some placer mining . The most ( suc- suc ) cessful equipment used by the placer miners was the little hand rocker lined with burlap sacks or wool blankets . Very little heavy machinery was used . He was in the country when the ( first fiTSt ) drilling for oil was commenced by Mr . Goodrich at the mouth of Comb Wash . The road from Bluff to Comb Wash was constructed by donated labor , so that they could ( get gef ) the drilling machinery down there . The drilling machinery was taken into Bluff with horses and wagons and eased down into the canyon with ropes or carried down . The wagon |
| Setname |
usa_crc |
| ID |
109635 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109635 |
