| 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. 0363 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0425b.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 363 A good part of the time it was raining , ( which Whicil ) added to the discomfort . ( R . 1283 . ) A skiff could make the ( trip-a tripa ) skiff such as they had could make the trip without extreme difficulty . It could not come back up without any difficulty at all . ( R . . 1284 . ) He believes that novices who usb , the river are always accompanied by skilled boatmen . ( R . 1284 . ) He believes it would have been impossible to have gone back up in the boat , because she ( wouldn't wouldnt ) have gone upstream against many of those ( riffles'and rifflesand ) currents ; it would have been necessary to get out and push or tow her . There would be difficulty at every point he has indicated as a rapid , in his ( pre- pre ) vious testimony , and most of the points where he has indicated sand waves . ( R . 1284-1285 . ) The gradient of the stream is very ununiform . There was one rapid where the gradient may have amounted to three feet in two hundred feet . ( R . 1285-1286 . ) The elevation of the river at the point of ( take-off takeoff ) [ 168.6 North wash ] , 3,455 [ feet ] . ( R . 1287 . ) The elevation at Lees ( Perry Ferry ) is 3,120 feet . ( R . 1287 . ) That is an average of exactly two feet to the mile . ( R . 1288 . ) He never was on that strip of the river before , and had never seen it under other conditions , and ( he lie ) has never been there since . On his return trip to ( Moab Aloab ) he left the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers at 9.10 A . M . . on August 27th . Stopped for lunch at mile S . Camp |
| Setname |
usa_crc |
| ID |
110185 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110185 |
