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. 0202 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0344a.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 bar ; ( couldn't couldnt couldnt ) get itloose 202 . He quit it ( right Tight ) there , and came over and wanted to ride up with them . ( R . 736-737 . ) One thing that helped ( them theni ) out was the stern ( wheel -wheel wheel ) : it helped churn the water out when they got stuck ; the machinery would churn the water up until it got some of the sand out from , under them and make a suction there and help them out . ( R . 737 . ) He identifies ( complainants' complainants ) Exhibit 101 as the boat City ofMoab . On the second trip the City of Moab ( went -went went ) down as far as ( Valentine's Valentines Valentiue's Valentiues ) Bottom , then turned around and proceeded back up stream . Considerable trouble with sand bars and gravel bars was ( experi- experi ) enced on the ( up-stream upstream ) trip . ( R . ( 738-739 7384139 ) . ) Just one sand bar after the other ; there would be a straight wall of sand there , the water would be ( wash- wash ) ing , it kept falling off and falling off ; fall over that way , and next day start to go the other way ; that is the way it kept shifting ; you could see it fall all the time . ( R . 740 . ) The voyage was stopped at Ferry riffle , about ( one- one ) quarter of a mile above the railroad bridge at Greenriver , it being impossible to get the boat over the riffle . ( R . 740 . ) In making the trip the boat burned all of the bunker coal and it was necessary to substitute driftwood to complete the trip . After leaving Greenriver the boat was dismantled and taken to |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
109982 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/109982 |