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. 0167 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0325b.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 ( road xoad ) was never made to 167 the creek ; none of it was taken in by way of the river that he knows of . ( Mr Air ) . Goodrich sent in another drill to the bridge , crossing at Goodrich or Mexican Hat Basin . The machinery was hauled in there by wagon . Steam power was used , wood being burned for fuel . All the freighting to and from the oil well was done first with wagon and later ( with -with with ) trucks . ( R . 611- 613 . ) The ( preliminary pieliminary ) part of the freighting was done with the horses which pulled all the first in ; they put six horses on a wagon . ( R . 614 . ) In the early spring the water in the San Juan River is low . During May and June it rises due to the melting of ice and snow and has a fairly steady flow . During July it subsides . He has seen the river bed dry twice . He built a dam across the channel at Bluff and turned it into the irrigation ditch . The ditch was the width of a ( long-handled longhandled ) shovel . ( R . 614-615 . ) He has been down in the river bed when it was dry ; he has been down in the ( river ri-N7'er riN7er ) bed twice when it ( was -was was ) dry ; twice they made a solid dam across it and turned it all in their irrigating ditch at Bluff . In working the ditch they instructed the men to clean it the full width of a ( long-handled longhandled ) shovel ; that is the width this ditch was ; guess that is five feet . After the water was turned in the ditch would be probably eight inches deep , something like that ; it run pretty slow ; the survey ( runs xuns ) on a ( sixteenth shiteenth ) of an |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110550 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110550 |