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. 0672 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0580a.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 the water better and handled 672 his boat ( with -with with ) more ( skill shill ) . Finding Bill Jones laid up in an eddy , he ( witness ) tried to help him out by giving him a tow to start his motor . His tow line became tangled in ( witness' witness ) motor , and both boats were nearly swamped before getting out of tlie ( whirlpool -whirlpool whirlpool ) . Finally they got clear and started . Not until halt at noon did he look at the walls and notice the beauty of it ; he was so busy ( up tip ) to that time he has no recollection of it until the down trip . ( R . 2575 , 2576 . ) The first day they made six or seven miles ; it was less than ten . ( R . 2577 . ) In that stretch he encountered no sandbars which gave serious trouble , except through the faults of their own navigation nobody touched them . There was very fair water there . Rocks and swirls , being carried against banks , did bother him and one or two of the others . ( R . 2577 . ) The second day , camp was at the mouth of ( Wa- Wa ) weep creek , a point made noticeable ( "by by by ) the ( exist exist- exist ) ence of a ( striking strAcing ) monument called Sentinal Rock . Roughly the two days averaged a little less than ten miles a day ; thought they were doing very ( well Nvell ) considering the difficulties . ( R . ( 2577 20577 ) . ) ( Re- Re ) calls very little difficulty from the sand bars on the second day . ( R . 2577 . ) Remembers a particularly spectacular storm or cloudburst that occurred in camp at Waweep , one that broke somewhere back from the river and , ( were ivere ) wondering whether wouldbe menaced by the |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110130 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110130 |