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. 1228 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0128a.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 He did not keep books 1228 and it is just ( an -in in ) ( estimate estiniate ) of what ( lie he ) thought it ought to be . Part of the freight was taken from ( Greenriver G-reenriver Greenriver ) , Utah , and part of it ( was wtis ) taken from the ranch and ( lie he ) estimated the average of the trips . ( R . 4841 . ) All of it is just an estimate . He figured it out himself . He only figured from the ranch and did not figure from Greenriver . ( R . 4842 . ) The supplies were all brought from Greenriver and Floy , Utah , to his ranch , either by river or team from the railroad and he figured the ( ton-miles tonmiles ) on a one hundred mile basis from his ranch to the Cataract . Upstream he figured on a basis of three tons as that is what Mr . Sawyer testified . ( R . 4843 . ) He believes he figured eight or nine tons downstream . He ( doesn't doesnt ) remember really which figure he used . For the two men it was three dollars a day . ( R . 4844 . ) He figured two days downstream and ( up- up ) stream ( thirty-two thirtytwo ) and ( one-half onehalf ) hours , or what Mr . Sawyer testified to . He will say the upstream trip was three days and the two men for three days would be nine dollars and he believed he allowed ( a q ) dollar a day each to feed his men , both up and ( down down- down ) stream . ( R . 4845 . ) He would use about eighty gallons of gasoline for the round trip , although it might have been ( eighty-one eightyone ) gallons . He thought he had his figures with him but he ( hasn't hasnt ) them . He figured his gasoline at thirty cents a gallon . On the ( thirty-five thirtyfive ) cents a ton mile for his horses and |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109675 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109675 |