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. 0130 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0307a.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 130 ber was used for building sluice boxes and the water - wheel . The placers were operated about three years before the road was built from Bluff to ( Alexi- Alexi ) can Hat , during which years supplies were brought by wagon to Bluff and boated down the river . . ( R . 472-473 . ) There were probably one hundred fifty men ( op- op ) erating on the river at that time and he had ( prob- prob ) ably eight or ten employees and there was ( consid- consid ) erable tonnage to keep all of them going and a great deal of traffic . Lots of the other outfits had boats similar to the ones he used . ( R . 473-474 . ) Several of the other placer operators had and used boats ( 011 on ) the river , these boats being built at Bluff , Utah , and were probably fifteen or twenty in number . About two trips a ( month mouth ) were made for supplies . One boat ( would -vould vould ) haul about a thousand pounds . ( R . 474-475 . ) He would ( make niake ) about ( twenty-four twentyfour ) trips a year and probably carried ( twenty-four twentyfour ) thousand pounds per year . For a ( pe- pe ) riod of three years there would be about ( seventy- seventy ) odd thousand pounds of freight that lie carried . . ( R . . 475-476 . ) A number of boats came down the river from New Alexico and Colorado to the mining camp , , ( car- car ) rying men ( 'and and ) supplies . Some of the boats were built in Durango and shipped all the way down the river . . ( R . . 476 . ) He believes that there were twenty or thirty of them caine down past Bluff by boat , probably more . The placer claims extended |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110627 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110627 |