Title |
No. 15 Original, Brief for the United States, 1929 |
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 |
1929-10 |
Type |
Text |
Format |
application/pdf |
Source |
Original format: 12 microfilm reels |
Language |
eng |
Relation |
No. 15 Original, Brief for the United States, 1929 |
Spatial Coverage |
Colorado; Utah; Mexico |
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/s65x2bkw |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110908 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65x2bkw |
Title |
Brief for the U.S., 1929, p. 107 |
Format |
application/pdf |
Identifier |
1929-1931-roll12_0529b.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 the river is said to 107 have ( readied reached ) a stage ; pf . 50 feet in the narrower parts of the canyon , may pick up and move ( all -ill ill ) the material down * to bedrock at many if not most places . The impinging ( and aiid ) ( grinding grbiding ) of the transported material against the bedrock floor wears . away the solid rock , In ( consequence coiisequence ) of this wearing away process the canyon is ( deep- deep ) ( ened elled ) at times of high floods . During the ( re- re ) cession of such floods ( much mucli ) of the debris . load is deposited and thus partly fills the canyon . Between such floods much ( debria debris ) is added ( from froni ) time to time by the river ( and and- and ) other contributing sources . According to Hoyt ( Exhibit 86 , page 12 ) as much as a million cubic yards of bed may ( he be ) moved ( in i-n in ) a mile stretch of ( San Sail ) Juan River during a ( flood floDd ) ( period periocl ) . Miser ( page 60 , Exhibit 56 ) : San Juan ( Eiver River ) , being confined ( between' between betweeia ) closely spaced cliffs in most parts of its ( can eau ) yon , does not have alluvial plains in such parts . Whatever alluvial material is ( pres-- pres ) ent occurs beneath the bed of the river ( and aild ) as short , unsubmerged bars . ( Alluvial 11luvial ) ( plains plailis- plailis ) of small extent ( occur occar ) only in the open stretches like those near Clay Hill Crossing , . Piute Farms , and ( Zahn's Zahns ) Camp . There ( tlie- tlie ) river has wide braided channels and ( narrow narroNv ) alluvial stretches over ( -which which ) the main ( chaii- chaii ) nel frequently shifts position , especially ( duT- duT ) ing floods . 90891-30-8 |
Setname |
usa_crc |
ID |
110834 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65x2bkw/110834 |