| 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. 1130 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0079a.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 |
/ ' 1180 lot A ( summoi1 Slammor ) ( fallow fifflow ) , ami only got a crop and ( 'Jkrni Jkrni ) ( 'ite-vueyoAliel-yet itevueyoAlielyet ) 11" . ( B . 4500 . ) 0iiflicycarLhey do ( farm fai-iii faiiii ) itl ( the flie ) ( success siiceess ) of the crop depends oil tlje ( iWtfli'all iWtfliall ) . He believes ( they tliey ) can dry ( farm farill ) ( with witli ) ( 'fiftdcn fiftdcn 'O"t-6011 Ot6011 ) ( inches hielles ) , ( "but but "Wit Wit ) to ( make IIIake ) it profitable you ( ought olight ) to Slave twenty inches . ' ' ( R ( A500-4-501 A5004501 ) . ) Lately ( iu iii ) the ( San Smaii ) Juan country ( there fliere ) have been ( "a a ) good many ( years yetars ) ( when Mien ) there ( isn't isnt ) fifteen ( inches ilielles ) of ( rainfall J-ahtfi-ill Jahtfiill ) . ( He I-To ITo ) ( doesn't doesnt doesii't doesiit ) believe that ordinarily a great ( amount 1111ount ) of ( precipitation precilAtation ) conies ( in iii ) a very short space of ( time tinie ) , ( in hi ) ( twenty-four twentyfour tweiity-fonr tweiityfonr ) hours , ( with witli ) a rapid ( run- run ) off . In that country a ( big hig ) rain is ( an all ) ( inch hich ) or an ( inch itich ) and a ( half lialf ) . When ( he lie ) left the ( country emintry ) in 1923 , ( there flie"re fliere ) were very . few ( farms flirins ) that ( had bad ) been cleared for dry farming ; ( and -fand fand ) they had been abandoned . ( ( B R ) . 4501 . ) There ( Avere were ) some , to his knowledge , ( from froin ) which the people , . had moved away to different parts of the country ; which were not being operated and farmed . He ( doesn't doesnt ) ( know latow ) whether this would be ( abandonment Ztbandonment ) , or ( not 110t ) , as they still owned them , and probably fig ¬ ured on coining back . There was also ( land hand ) in the ( Montieello Alonticel-lo Alonticello ) country , which was neither irrigated nor dry farmed , but used for grazing . The assessed valuation of that land in 1920 would average probably about two ( dollars dolhars ) an acre . The ( mountain niountain ) ( range rai-ige raiige ) , patented ground , would probably be ( assessed -assessed assessed ) at two and a half dollars ( an -In In ) acre . ( R . 4502 . ) |
| Setname |
usa_crc |
| ID |
110049 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/110049 |
