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 |
Title |
Abstract Testimony, V 2, p. 0891 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0708b.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. |
Resolution |
Archival TIFF: 3000 x 4600 |
Dimensions |
JPEG: 650 x 1000 |
Bit Depth |
8-bit |
OCR Text |
Show ( R . 3455-3456 ) River swift ( syi 891 ) all through the canyons , with riffles and rapids . ( R . 3457-3458 . ) Built a water elevator or Chinese pump 8 or 10 miles below Comb Wash , and that night a flood came down Comb Wash and took it away . ( R . 3458 . ) About twelve or fifteen prospectors there then . ( R . 3459 . ) All traveling while prospecting was done overland and they remained in that country nearly a year . ( R . 3460-3461 ) . ( Established stablished ) the Mendenhall trail by means of pack animals . ( R . 3462-3463 . ) ( First Mrst ) went to Nokai in September , 1894 . Made a boat at Bluff ; just a straight scow . Took it down to his camp five or six miles below the mouth of Gypsum Creek ; fairly good stage for ( low-water lowwater ) season ; went through ( all aH ) right , but had to line down a number of places . Walked back to the camp , and five of them started down the river with four boats they had built . ( R . 3465-3466 . ) Usual length of boats 15 ft . long , ( 3K 3Y2 ) ft . wide . ( R . 3463-3464 . ) Had a heavy outfit and it was hard at first to get through the canyon because of rapids and very swift ( vater Avater ) . ( R . 3468 . ) At Clay Hill Valley , river gets out of canyon and goes into a wide channel , and ( had bad ) a little trouble with sand . Sometimes bothered in getting a place to land . ( R . 3468 . ) Eventually went to the mouth of the San Juan River . ( R . 3469 . ) Piute Farms are half a mile from San Juan River in a little valley that runs down Nuggett Creek . |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110574 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6k35wbz/110574 |