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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Mr. Will Wittwer (Las Vegas Ranch), May 5, 1938
Responding to complaints that water from a spring located on the Las Vegas ranch property had been contaminated, directions were given to repair and protect the spring.
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), August 23, 1939
Letter accompanying the agreements with the Las Vegas Land and Water Company and the drilling company.
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), November 1, 1939
Letter explaining the application to appropriate public waters. The unsigned application and well log are referenced below.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas), November 2, 1939
Letter accompanying application for the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. to have permission to use the new well on the Las Vegas Ranch. The unsigned application is referenced below.
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee to Alfred Merritt Smith (Carson City), November 6, 1939
Letter to the state engineer accompanying the application to allow the Las Vegas Land and Water co. access to water on the Las Vegas Ranch. The unsigned application is referenced below.
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Letter from Leo A. McNamee (Las Vegas) to Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas), February 7, 1940
McNamee informing Bracken that he has tried to meet with the Stewart family several times, but the meetings have all fallen through.
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to H. A. Shamberger (Carson City), July 7, 1941
Letter in which Bracken requests a definition of a miner's inch from the State Engineer's office.
Transcribed Notes: Transcribed from handwritten text on letter: "Request of Frank Strong"
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Letter from Walter R. Bracken (Las Vegas) to Frank Strong (Los Angeles), July 15, 1941
Bracken reporting to Strong that in relation to the water due to the Stewart family, a miner's inch equals 11.22 gallons per minute.
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Letter from G. J. Sylvain, M. D. (Las Vegas) to Mr. Folger (Las Vegas), March 28, 1949
The County Department of Health was going to add oil to the effluent to kill mosquitos, and asked the Las Vegas Land and Water Company to report excess oil running onto their land.
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Letter from A. M. Folger to H. A. Shamberger (Carson City), February 28, 1948
Request for the drill logs of area wells to see the probable chance of success for a contemplated well on the Las Vegas Ranch.
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