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Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1416

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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.
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Scanning Contractor iArchives Inc., Orem, UT
Call Number ACCN 1702
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz

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Title Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1416
Format application/pdf
Identifier 1929-1931-roll12_0222a.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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OCR Text ( Gross-examination Grossexamination ) 1416 ( R . vol . 31 , pp . ( 5406 5466 ) ) : All of the water in ( Mill Allill ) Creek is subject to right of prior appropriation , except in flood season , and the five thousand acres mentioned could only be irrigated during the excess coming down in the flood season ( and dnd ) during the summer rains . Without storage , after the ( snow-melting snowmelting snow'-melting snowmelting ) season is over , whatever water Was obtained for the purpose of irrigation would ( de- de ) ( pend peftd ) on whether or not there was rain . ( R . 5466 . ) F W KELLER For Defendant ( Record , vol . 31 , pp . 5467-5475 ) He resides at Monticello , Utah , by profession , is ( art ad ) ( Attorney-at-Law AttorneyatLaw Attorney-at-Laiv AttorneyatLaiv ) , and at the present time , is District . Attorney of the Seventh Judicial District , ( Which -which which ) includes San Juan , Grand , ( Cairbon Carbon ) , and San ( Pete P6te ) Counties . He has lived in that section for a little over ten years , but he ( ha'd had had ) no , familiarity with it ( iritil iMitil ) he moved there . ( R . 5467 . ) Since moving there , he has traveled ( ov6r over ) the San Juan country in , ( Utah 'Utah Utah ) , and the country around ( Moab Moqb ) and ( Greenriver Greenrivee ) quite a little bit . He is acquainted with Elk Ridge , the Blue and ( LaSal LaSa-I LaSaI ) Mountain sections , and ( he lie ) has * seen the forests on the Elk Ridge and ( the'Blue theBlue ) ( Moun Moun- Moun ) ¬ tains ; also the LaSal Mountains . He knows that these forests are of rather large extent , consisting , in the main of western yellow pine on Elk Ridge and , Blue Mountains and quite a good deal of yellow pine on the LaSal Mountains ; also Engleman spruce and , some fir on the Blue Mountains . ( R . 5468 . )
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/109789