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. 0100 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0292a.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 100 Supplies were brought into Bluff froin Dolores , Alamosa , Durango , Colorado , and Thompson , Utah , first by means of team and wagon and later with ( automobile alitoinobile ) trucks . The river was never used as a means of transportation for supplies or otherwise . ( Alamosa Alamosli ) ( was w-as was ) about three hundred miles from Bluff and he believes the road to Durango was completed in 1882 . No supplies brought to Bluff , ( Utah Utali ) , by way of Colorado and San Juan Rivers . ( ( E R ) . 369 . ) Supplies for placer mining operations below ( Bluff 13luff ) on the San Juan River were transferred from Bluff by means of team and wagon . Took supplies to these placer mines in wagons . ( R . 367 . ) During the flood periods and high water the river ( changes ebtanges ) its channel very rapidly , sometimes causing considerable ( destruction destrnetion ) to the ( bottom bottoin ) lands along its course . ( R . 369 . ) He recalls floods that have happened on the San Juan ( Riverti- Riverti ) while he ( doesn't doesnt ) ( remember reineniber ) the year , there have been terrible floods down there ; in . 1886 the first serious flood we had tore up things and ( ruined riiined ) their ditch . ( R . 369 . ) The channel will . cut from one side to the other ; one ( night nicyllt ) it ( would vould ) be deep on one side and shallow on the other ; the next morning likely the current would be cutting the other way . Have heavy rain storms usually in July and along in September . ( R . 370 . ) |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110350 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110350 |