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. 0107 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0295b.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 of such occurrence in his 107 fifty ( years' years ) residence in the vicinity ; forty years of which were spent right on the river . ( R . 390 . ) It was dry below Chinle Creek ; dry all the way . ( ( E R ) . ( 390-591 390-391 ) . ) He ( doesn't doesnt ) know whether at times there is ( con- con ) siderable flow of water under the surface ; the un ¬ derground flow . It ( will vdll ) seep along ( and aild ) ( come conic ) ( in ill ) ( again agaiii ) as a stream , but practically no big stream ( he lie ) had ever seen or heard of . ( R . 391 . ) Some years the river is ( much inuch ) lower than others but when the two parties went down they were very dry years . ( R . 391-392 . ) The river may have been higher for ( many niany ) ( sea- sea ) sons after that than it was when they ( went iiient ) ( down dowii ) , and many years it may have been much lower . ( R . ( 39i 394 ) . ) There have been other occasions ( when -when when ) the river was higher and other occasions ( when wbeii ) . it was lower . When he arrived at Bluff with the party of two hundred or ( more inore ) , the river was ( con- con ) fined at that time to a good ( channel eliamiel ) and with ( wil- wil ) lows , cane brakes , and had the look of age and ( sta- sta ) ( bility bilit3 ) . The banks of the stream were well ( con- con ) fined at that time . ( R . 395 . ) The first problem was to solve where they would build their town and it was necessary to look about and ( become beeome ) ( familiar Linjiliar ) with their ( surroundings surroinidings ) and ( he lie ) ( went weut ) up and down the San ( Juan Jua-i-1 Juai1 ) River for ( con- con ) siderable distance . on Land . They went down some of theside canyons and ( explored explorcd ) ( some soine ) of the ( terri- terri ) tory adjacent to the San Juan but at that time the |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110095 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110095 |