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. 0495 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0491b.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 lbeneighborhood . of forty 495 or fifty miles up past the Utah Line . ( R . 1722 . ) From his experience with the gauge readings ( afe at ) Lees Ferry , he would estimate the flow of water in the Colorado River at the time he made the trip , of being in the neighborhood of forty thousand ( see- see ) ( ond-feet ondfeet ) . He left Lees Ferry in the morning about 6.00 ( o'clock oclock ) and ( didn't didnt ) have any difficulties until he got about four miles above there . At that point the water was so swift he had difficulty in getting through the channel . He kept as close to the shore as possible , and the man with him had an oar to pole where the water was shallow enough to help the boat through . He estimates it took him two hours to make about one hundred fifty feet ( prog prog- prog ) ress . ( R . 1723-1724 . ) After he got through this place he encountered difficulties running on sand bars , but ( didn't didnt ) have ( much -much much ) trouble getting the boat off , as going ( up- up ) stream he ( didn't didnt ) hit them hard enough and the current would be against him so that lots of times it would wash the boat back . It took him two and a half days to go upstream , and there were places where he would only make about a mile an hour . Other places , where he could take advantage of the eddies , he would make pretty good time . In an eddy there is a current that goes upstream that ( he lie ) would take advantage of , although ( diffi- diffi ) |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110677 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110677 |