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Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 1028

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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. 1028
Format application/pdf
Identifier 1929-1931-roll12_0028a.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 oped power sites , and 1028 developed and undeveloped * reservoir sites , in the two reports by Follansby and Woolley , and for which these maps referred to ( were- were ) made . This paper was released February 28 , 1929 . . ( R . 4050 . ) As indicated on Compl . Exh . No . . 2 , the first power site below the junction of the Green River with the Colorado is situated at about the foot of Cataract ( Canyon 'Canyon Canyon ) , and is known as the Dark Canyon power . site . There is also a site right at the junction . . ( If' If ) constructed , the dam below the cataracts would destroy the rapids in Cataract Canyon . The next power site down the river is in the lower end of Glen Canyon near Lees Ferry , which is a combined ( power- power ) and storage site . On the San Juan River the first power site is located at Bluff and is a combination storage and power site . It seems to be the only indicated development on the San Juan River . The map shows no lands or no proposed lands to be irrigated from the San Juan River . ( R . 4050-4051 . ) There have been several heights proposed for the Boulder Canyon Dam , the one authorized , he thinks , is about 555 feet above the water surface , the ( eleva-- eleva ) tion of the top being from about 1,200 to 1,250 feet above sea level . The back water indicated on the map would require a dam nearly 800 feet high at the proposed Glen Canyon dam site and would flood out the Dark Canyon site . All of the improvements testified to on the Green , , Colorado , and San Juan Rivers are part of a general
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/110045