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. 0895 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0710b.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 San Juan ; was stopped 895 by an ice ( gorgo gorge ) and could not get through and went overland to the San Juan River . He could not get to the territory ( he lie ) ( wanted vanted- vanted ) to , and returned to his camp on the Narrows . ( ( R R- R ) . 3496-3498 . ) Worked the boat back up through the rough and swift water to Hanson Creek . Sometimes made five miles a day rowing and towing . Loaded their stuff on the mules and took the trail on the west side of Colorado and went back out . ( R . 3498 . ) Went back overland to ( Greeariver Greenriver ) . ( R . 3499 . ) About the middle of February he built a boat at Greenriver , in 1919 , and started down the Green River following the ice . Ice went out altogether below the mouth of the San Rafael , and they went onto the junction . ( ( R It ) . 3500-3501 . ) Went up the Colorado to Moab . Usual kind of a trip rowing and towing . ( R . ( 3502-3504 3502-3501 ) . ) Made a trip overland in a small truck from Moab to Bluff then to Mexican Hat in the late winter and , , spring of 1928 ; hired an Indian to haul them to the San Juan River just below the mouth of Nugget Creek . ( R . 3504-3505 . ) Built a heavy ( canvas- canvas ) bottom ( scow-shaped scowshaped ) boat , 14Y2 feet long , with draft of not over three inches when they were in it . Went down to mouth of ( Piute Mute ) Creek and found that the rapids found there previously at the mouth of Copper and Nokai Canyons had disappeared and were ( en- en ) tirely covered with sand . ( R . 3505 . ) Found swift water that was three or four or five feet deep . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109637 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109637 |