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. 0162 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll11_0323a.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 tion of the water during 162 storms and freshets and of the sands during the dry season the river ( chan chan- chan ) nel has a tendency to fill with sand . Sand fills the channel of the river a foot or two and has a ( tend tend- tend ) ency ( to -to to ) throw the heavy body of water and current against the banks at the sides . This undermines the ( banks banlcs ) and ( caves eaves ) them in , filling the channel again ( with -with with ) more sand and this throws the channel back to the other side / where the same process ( con- con ) tinues . Because of this erosive action the ( ferry- ferry ) cable anchors were ( washed -washed washed ) out and the ferry tipped over . His father put in a cable boat ferry across the river at the mouth of Comb Wash , and put a big ( flat-bottom flatbottom ) boat there . The Indians rode that with their loads on their ponies , set there , fifteen or twenty of them at a time , and came over . A couple of years afterwards the rains came and kept ( cut- cut ) ting the bottoms more ; the floods drifted in , that country is a sandstone country . The La Plata is the top formation of that country between the base of the ( Ohuckawala Chuckawala ) Mountain and the mouth of Chinle Wash ; there the lime is raised again in the sandstone formation ; on both sides of the river you have that fine drift sand on it . The heavy rainstorms in the country there washes gutters through it , little washes ten or twelve feet deep ; then they have a dry season and the wind ( whips -whips whips ) that and blows the sand along the ground like frozen snow ; it fills these little gulches and washes all full |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110729 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv6n1x/110729 |