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Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1085

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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
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ID 110905
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz

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Title Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1085
Format application/pdf
Identifier 1929-1931-roll12_0056b.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.
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Dimensions JPEG: 650 x 1000
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OCR Text pursuance of the mining 1085 laws of the United States . . ( R . 4282 . ) The SPECIAL MASTER . Well , I have been considering this question since it was informally discussed at the close of ( yesterday's yesterdays ) session , and I am clear that the fact that various parties may have located claims on these rivers has no relevancy to the question of the ( owner owner- owner ) ship of the bed of the river , except to this extent , and I think that the evidence is ( admis- admis ) sable under very narrow limitations , as the question of navigability depends not only on the physical use of the river , but on its potential or actual use for commerce in a useful way . ( R . 4283 . ) CHRIS HALVERSON For Complainant ( Record , Vol . 25 , pp . 4285-4291 ) He has resided in the vicinity of Greenriver Utah , , for about forty years , and by occupation is a farmer and stock raiser . ( R . 4285 . ) He helped operate the ferry at Greenriver during the high stage of water off and on for three or four years , starting in the summer of 1889 or 1890 . ( Out- Out ) side of this , he has never operated any boats on the Green River . ( R . 4285-4286 . ) During the time that he was in and about ( Green- Green ) river and at the ferry he does not know any case where any of the merchants or other business men in Greenriver received any merchandise by way of the river . He was not taking any interest in the river traffic that was going on there ; lie had other business . ( 33307-31-VOL 3330731VOL ) . . 2-23
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109703