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water supply - Kelso Lob Angeles, September 2, 1927 519-K Mr. R .L. Adamson: In connection with attached Abstract o f T i t l e on Water Supply and pipe lin e at Kelso, the fo llo w in g notations are sub­m itted fo r your a tte n tio n : 1. Company's T it le to C o rn field Springs appears to be w e ll p ro tected . 2. Evergreen Spring f i l i n g by Company (N0. 16) appears o f dou btfu l value i f the Spring Is on p riv a te land as shown on map. B e n e fic ia l use o f th is water as In d ica ted by con stru ction o f pipe lin e in 1917 is subsequent to passage o f water law in 191^ and i t might be advisable to determine the a ctu a l lo c a tio n o f the source o f supply and take some steps to p e rfe c t the record. 3« Horse Shoe Spring f i l i n g (N o .17) by C .F .M ille r has not been assigned to R.R.Oo. Same con ditions apply here as on Evergreen Springs. k. Rock Spring f i l i n g (N o.18) by W.D.Johnston has not been assigned. Same conditions apply a® on Evergreen and Horse Shoe Springs. 5. Company has no record t i t l e to water bein g taken from tunnel. These mining claims and tunnel thereon are the property o f the P a c ific Southwest Trust and Savings Bank. They may be dormant as regards actual op eration but the t i t l e , ta x e s ,e t c ., are complete. I t would seem d e s ira b le to a scerta in the actual source o f th is water and take steps to p ro tect t i t l e to the same. Reference to map attached to abstract w i l l in d io a te the remote p o s s ib ilit y that the source o f supply may be on p u b lic lends n o rth erly o f mining claim. 6. Company has no t i t l e to r ig h t o f way fo r the various pipe lin e s crossing these mining claim s. The remainder o f pipe lin e s are on p u b lic lands.