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I agree.Smith explaining to Bracken exactly how the state measures water, and that a miner's inch is a very imprecise measurement.
hln000532. Union Pacific Railroad Collection, 1828-1995. MS-00397. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d16w9983v
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A L F R E D MERRITT SMITH STATE ENGINEER STATE OF NEVADA OFFICE OF STATE ENGINEER CARSON CITY H. W . REPPERT ASSISTANT July 1941 IN YOUR REPLY REFER TO MO Walter R. Bracken Vice President Las Vegas Land and Water Company- Las Vegas, Nevada Dear Mr. Bracken: ALFRED MERRITT SMITH H. W. Assistant State Engineer Your letter of July 7th wherein you make inquiry as to whether we have any reference to definite-ly determine the number of gallons per minute in a miner's inch is acknowledged. The so-called "miner's inch" is rather an uncertain term unless the pressure under which the dis-charge is delivered is given. For this reason the num-ber of miner's inches that are equivalent to a cubic foot per second vary in the different States. In Nevada the standard for measurement of water is fixed by statute as a cubic foot of water per second of time and the unit of volume an acre-foot is defined as 43,360 cubic feet. The statutes further provide (see Section Chapter 140, Statutes of 1913), that where necessary to transpose miner's inches to cubic feet per second one cubic foot per second shall be considered as equal to forty miner's inches, but that the term "miner's inch" shall not be used henceforth in any permit or adjudicated right issuing from the Office of State Engin-eer without first naming the amount in cubic feet per second or in acre-feet. . Under separate cover we are mailing to you a copy of our pamphlet "Common Methods of Measuring Water As Practiced in Western States" and refer you to the paragraph "Units of Measure" on page 7 of the pam-phlet for a discussion of the term "miner's inch." Yours very truly, HWR:G By