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Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 0844

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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

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Title Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 0844
Format application/pdf
Identifier 1929-1931-roll11_0685a.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.
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Dimensions JPEG: 650 x 1000
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OCR Text * - ( JW-kte JWkte ) 844 hundred yards from its original place . . The Trap ford is a place they used to ford the river ; they called it the Trap ford , , after the man that used to live there , and this ford was very rough and rocky . There were large rocks in Ok bottom all the way . across , and those rocks are all gone ; the riffle is way down below , probably two hundred yards ( be- be ) low where we used to cross vith teams . . He does not know how deep the water is at the original old ford . . There is a complete change there that I know of . . ( R . . 3259-3260 . ) Another place he knows of where the river changed recently a year ago ( when ivhen ) it took out four . acres of land and the whole river moved almost six hundred feet westerly , and also at Salaratus wash that ( when -when when ) he first went there in 19,05 was a small wash probably fifty or sixty feet wide and at ( -the the ) present time it must be two hundred yards wide . During the time he has been at Greenriver he does not know of any merchandise of any kind ever ( hav- hav ) ing been shipped in to ( Greeariver Greenriver ) on the Green R 3260-3261 ) River . . ( . . . No ( cross-examhmtion crossexamhmtion ) . XOLLY NEWRY For Complainant ( Record , vol . 17 , pp . ( a261-3264 a2613264 ) ) witness born at Leavenworth ( ELunsas Runsas ) The was , , , , and is the wife of William R Newby who has just ( -testified testified ) .
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/110557