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. 0753 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0638b.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 ( field fiald ) with less than three 753 wells is a commercial ( Pro- Pro ) ductive oil field ( in ill ) order to handle that amount ( of of' of ) , tonnage . JR . 2910 . ) The capacity of the ( Moab- Moab Moab ) Garage [ barge ] was fifteen tons . JBasing his answer upon his experience in ( trans- trans ) portation and as ( an ail ) engineer , in his opinion the * boat of the Moab Garage was not of sufficient ( ca- ca ) pacity to supply a producing oil field ( in ill ) and about Shafer No . 1 . To supply a producing field would require about 8 or 10 , maybe 20 , boats of that capacity . ( R . 2911 . ) When he speaks of supplying a producing oil field he ( means nicans ) to bring ( in ill ) the ( necessary iiecessaTy ) equipment and supplies over a period of approximately five . years . ( R . 2912 . ) They were using all derricks down there [ on the Colorado River ] . The complete rig for an oil well with a depth of * ( forty-five fortyfive ) hundred feet , weighs ( in iii ) ( round ro-tind rotind ) figures . a million pounds . The heaviest piece of machinery , or equipment would weigh approximately twelve thousand pounds , and that would be a boiler . Such a piece of ( equipment equipmeiit ) was brought down to these wells in a boat , it was over all , ( twenty-two twentytwo tweilty-two tweiltytwo ) feet long . ( R . 2912 . ) The weight of the derrick in its . total is approximately two hundred thousand pounds . Those were brought down ( piece-meal piecemeal ) . The equipment necessary to have brought in from ( time tinie ) to time to a producing oil field consists of , ( "Tankage" Tankage ) ; in the first place , camp equipment ; a camp generally is expanded after ( a i ) producing |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110170 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/110170 |