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. 0260 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0373a.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 ( Ho He ) ( lias bas ) ( personally pasonally ) been 260 down the ( Colorado Oolorado ) ( Biver RiNrer ) ( on oii ) the scow . He ( doesn't doesnt ) recollect having any ( oper- oper opar- opar ) ating ( difficulties difflictilties ) on ( the thel ) trips which ( he lie ) took ; did not strike ( any -my my ) ( sand saDd ) bars , Virgil Baldwin operated the boat . ( ( R IP1 ) . 963 . ) According to his best recollection , the scow cost about seven thousand dollars . After making the first contract and ( commencing conauencing ) ( freighting Y'reighting Yreighting ) ( other otber ) freight was transported further down the river . For freight taken to the John H . Shafer well , thirty miles from ( Moab Aloab ) , a rate of sev ¬ ( enty-five entyfive eiiiy-five eiiiyfive ) cents per hundred pounds was charged ; to Lockhart the ( rate i-ate iate ) per hundred ( pounds ponnds ) ( was w-as was ) ( one oile ) dollar . He has a record of two hundred nine trips made by the scow but thinks two hundred ( forty-five fortyfive ) or two hundred fifty trips were made altogether . These trips cover a period from the second of March , 1925 , until June , 1929 . He made eight trips during the year 1929 . He thinks they stopped ( op- op ) ( erating erdting ) about the first of June , but ( doesn't doesnt ) ( remem remem- remem ) ¬ ber exactly the date they quit . ( ( B R ) . 964 . ) It is expected that another well will be drilled and that further freight will be hauled . v He has had experience with ( nearly inearly ) all kinds of ( boats-row boatsrow ) boats , motor boats , sail boats ; is ( ac- ac ) quainted with the bed of the Green River between Castle ( Creek Creelc ) and the junction of the Colorado with ( the t-he the ) Green . He has been on that stretch of the river in a boat and has had difficulty with sand bars . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110098 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110098 |