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Water Supply - Eelso C O P Y Los A n geles, September 2, 1927 519-E Mr. R. L. Adamson: In connection w ith attached A b stra ct o f T it le on W ater Supply and pipe l i n e at E e ls o , the fo llo w in g notations mitted f o r your a tte n tio n : 1. Company’ s T it le to C o rn fie ld Springs appears to be p ro tected . 2. Evergreen Spring f i l i n g by Company (H o .16) appears o f d ou 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 icated by con struc­tion o f pipe lin e in 1917 is subsequent to passage o f water law in 1914 and i t might be a d v is a b le to d e te r— mine the a c tu 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 (Ho. 17) by C. P. M ille r has n f l t i j ^ been assign ed to R.R. Co. Same con dition s app ly here as on Evergreen Sprin gs. are sub- 4. 5. Rock Spring f i l i n g (H o .IS ) by W. D. Johnston has not been assign ed . Same conditions apply as on Evergreen, and Horse Shoe S p rin gs. Company has no record t i t l e to w ater being taken from . tun n el. These mining claims and tunnel thereon a re the p rop erty o f the P a c ific Southwest Trust and Savings Bank. They may be dormant as regards a ctu al operation but the t i t l e , ta x es, e t c ., are complete. I t would seem d e s ir a b le to a s c e rta in the a ctu al source o f th is w ater and take steps to p rotect t i t l e to the same. Reference to map attach ed to a b s tra c t w i l l in d ica te the remote p o s s i b i li t y that the source o f supply may be on p u blic lands n o rth e rly o f mining claim . 6. Company has no t i t l e to ri'gtit o f way f o r the various pipe lin e s c ro ssin g these mining claim s. The remainder o f pipe lin e s are on p u blic lan d s, a/ , ^ 4- • -1-