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Las Vegas Land and Water Company - Report of R.G. Greene, Geologist, regarding water situation in Las Vegas Valley (2 of 2)
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m y y'. lias Vegas - Uovenfcer 27, 1935. W 23-3-3 (Personal) Mr. H. C. Mann, Chief Hngineer - System, Omaha, Nebraska. Dear Howard: In reply to my letter of August 26, Mr. Jeffers under date of Uovember 15th wrote that he did not deem It advisable to spend the money drilling a well at Xas Vegas, which of course closed the issue* He also attached a copy of your letter November 12, file LA-20-6, reporting o^j this subject, and I believe your und erst and I ng as ex­pressed in paragraphs 3 and 7 should be clarified so that you would know the conditions as they actually exist* Ihile the "Middle Spring” flowing 285 gallons per minute (25.4 miner’s inches) does flow directly into the creek which carries water to the Bunch, this ditch is more than 2 miles long to the west line of Section 26 and due to loss through percolation and evaporation in the hot summer months of June, July, august and September, there is little if any water left in the creek by the time it reaches the Banch. Our regular inspection of water dur­ing the summer of 1935 developed that quite often in the early morning there was a small amount of water in the ditch, but during the afternoon the creek was dry practi­cally every day. Begarding the amount of water we are required to deliver to the Banoh, the agreement states that the Las Vegas Land and %ter Company is not required to furnish any particular quantity of water, but the last sentence of the fourth paragraph of the lease reads as follows: