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I agree.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"
hln000531. 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/d1bp0127j
English
W 18-1-13 Mr. H. A. Shamberger, Deputy State Engineer, Carson City, Nevada. Dear Hugh: Have you any reference to definitely determine the number of gallons per minute in a "miners inch." The University of Nevada's Bulletin No. 112, April 1928, copy of which you sent me, shows on page 33 that a "miners inch" in Nevada equals1/40 of a second foot; and on the basis of one cubic foot per second equalling 450 gallons per minute, one "miner's inch" would be equal to 11.25 gallons per minute. Engineer's office? Yours very truly, AMP/m WALTER R. BRACKEN Vice President