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. 0124 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0304a.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 now ( confined cojifined ) to ( the tile ) ( same sanie ) ( 124 1-2-1 ) stretch asit ( is I's Is ) ( now "now now ) . ( R . 450 . ) He saw the river when it was dry , he believes , in 1890 and ( he lie ) recalls one occasion when ( he be ) crossed ( at -it it ) Bluff when it was about one foot deep . Another occasion when he crossed at Sand Island about five miles below Bluff there was about a foot at the ( low- low ) est . At extremely ( low-water lowwater ) ( mark niark ) when it was ( as I-Is IIs ) shallow as that there , it was maybe just ( on oil ) one ( oc- oc ) casion that he saw it . He also saw it ( on oil ) another occasion just above ( Chinle Cbinle ) Creek when it was about one foot deep . ( R . 451 . ) These minimum depths were during the lowest water season and ( he lie ) has never observed any similar depths at ( any an3l ) other points on the river and they cover the period from ( 1880 18S0 ) when he first saw the river down to date . ( R . 452 . ) Depth at Chinle Creek for the 40 years has been two or three feet at low water . ( R . 452 . ) He ( hasn't hasnt ) been there every year ; just ( occasion occasion- occasion ) ¬ ally and for the last ( twenty-three twentythree twei-ity-three tweiitythree ) years he ( hasn't hasnt ) been on the river . For the ( twenty tweilty ) odd years before that ( he lie ) ( wasn't wasnt ) on the river every day ( but but- but ) was where he could see it occasionally up ( and aiid ) ( down dowil ) . ( Some Some- Some ) ¬ times the average depth of the San ( Juan Xuan ) ( River Rx-iver Rxiver ) would be two or three feet . Sometimes it would be less and sometimes more . ( R . 453 . ) Depth would average two or three feet where the river is ( con- con ) fined together ; but in other places it floods all over , may be half a mile ( wide -wide wide ) , and it ( wouldn't wouldnt ) be so deep there . But where you get the river together ( in iii ) its |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110386 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110386 |