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. 1282 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0155a.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 1282 He would state as a conservative estimate that there has been hauled up and down the river by the Moab Garage Company since it started operations , in all , , about ( thirty-five thirtyfive ) hundred tons , and there have been hundreds of passengers hauled on all of the boats for compensation up and down the river . . ( R . 5025 , ) He has no record , but he believes that is the number . . The operations on the river were commercially ( prof- prof ) itable . The original contract for hauling on the river called for 1.75 per hundred from Thompson to the Shafer No . 1 . The distance overland from ( Thomp- Thomp ) son to the Moab dock is ( thirty-three thirtythree ) miles , and from the dock down the river to the Shafer No . I well is approximately twenty miles . The charge was later lowered to a rate of 1.00 a hundred from Thompson to the well . ( R . 5026 . ) He does not know what percentage of the tonnage was delivered from ( Thomp- Thomp ) son to the Shafer No . 1 well at the rate of 1.00 per hundred , but the first five hundred tons went to the Shafer No . ( 1 I ) well . ( R . 5026-5027 . ) Cut to a dollar in the next three months . Most of tonnage was hauled at a dollar . ( R . 5027 . ) They received 1.75 a hundred for the first five hundred tons . . The rate to No . 2 well from Thompson was 1.25 a hundred , the distance being about nine miles farther [ down the river . . R . . 5027 . It is about the same distance from Thompson to the dock at Moab , , . as from the dock to No . . 2 well ; from Thompson to the dock being three or four miles farther . . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110096 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/110096 |