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. 1212 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0120a.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 ( -river2 river2 ) and where there 1212 might be a sand bar they ( would -would would ) camp on it ; the current will cut across in high water and cut the bar out . ( R . 4794 . ) The main ( pathwajr pathway ) of navigating the river is what he calls the channel and the main current of the river ( doesn't doesnt ) run in the channel only at low water . The swiftest part of the river may or may , not be in the channel and the swiftest part is not ( always -always always ) found in the channel . ( R . 4795-4796 . ) When he went back in 1923 for the California Edison Company the purpose of ( the tile ) trip was to take the officers of the company upstream past the dam site they were drilling and he went pretty near to ( Warm Warni ) Creek . He went on that trip only . . as a precaution on account of the class of the ( com- com ) pany . They had a regular boatman , named Marrs , who was running the boat . He ( didn't didnt ) have to do . anything , the boat went fine and he had not trouble . ( 'They They -They They ) came back the same way , got stuck ( 011 on ) no sand bars , nor did they find any water that they had difficulty with . The large sand bars that are permanent he usually designated as islands . ( R . 4797-4798 . ) He calls a bar one that is exposed in extremely low ( water wafer ) , the sand of which is deposited from ( reced reced- reced ) ing high water on the side of the canyon . He would also call it a sand bar where there are ( de- de ) posits of sand that are made across the stream , or . just below bends . He has never heard of the term . ( "crossing crossing 46crossing ) bar . " Bars of the latter type just ( men- men ) |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110006 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/110006 |