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. 0129 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0306b.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 129 Most of ( Hie 'tbe tbe ) supplies were boated down therixer ( feom from ) Bluff to the ( mining1 mining ) camps during the first , year . There were other mines in the vicinity at the same time , probably one hundred fifty men working ( on oil ) the river . After wagon road was built ( 'the the ) supplies were hauled there by wagon . Very little machinery was used in connection ( with -with with ) placer operations . The wheel for elevating the water constituted the heaviest equipment . Two of the placer operators had steel boilers ( which -which which ) were taken in by ( wagon -wagon wagon ) . Casing and drilling machinery necessary in operations for oil drilling ( were -were were ) taken into the country by wagon during the years between 1909 and 1918 . One of the boilers brought in was never used at all . The mines are still in operation . The miners come down sometimes during the winter months and mine some . He has been engaged in the oil business himself about ( twenty-five twentyfive ) miles west of Bluff , right on the San Juan River . He has two wells right at the edge of the water . He did his drilling under the placer law . ( R . 470-471 . ) All of ( equipment ) it was taken ( in ill ) by wagon ; they had got the road built in by that time and it ( was xas ) all brought down by ( wagon -NNagon NNagon ) . ( R . 471 . ) ( Cross-examination Crossexamination ) ( R . Vol . 3 pp . 472-482 ) : Supplies brought down the river by boat before the road was built consisted of foodstuff shovels , , , picks , drills , lumber , and some powder . The ( luin- luin ) ( 33307-31-voL 3330731voL ) 1-9 |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109717 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109717 |