McNamee asking for information regarding the Buol well and discussing the possibility of the Las Vegas Land and Water Co. buying land in the vicinity of the Las Vegas Springs to protect their water rights and prevent litigation.
Entrance gate to Pahrump Valley Company which includes the hotel, ranch, school, homes, etc in 1916. Notice water flowing across road; it was from an artesian well and was used for irrigation. Handwritten inscription on back of photo reads, "1916 entrance gate to Pahrump Valley Compny Ranch,Store, School; hotel, boarding house, bunk house, blacksmith shop, duplex homes, implement shed, home of ranch foreman. Notoce water flowingacross the road. From the spring, pools artesian well across corrall & fields where it was ditched for irrigation." It also has this stamp on the back, Pahrump Tribune P. O. Box218A Pahrump, NV 89041.
The Chamber of Commerce agreed that the artesian water in the valley should be reserved for domestic purposes, and Lake Mead water for irrigation, but Bracken wrote that this was academic because Basic Magnesium Inc. had no excess water.
Scale [ca. 1:72,000. 1 in.=approx. 6,000 feet] (W 115°10´--W 115°/N 36°20´--N 36´). Shows wells, springs, boundary between valley fill and bedrock, and ground water district boundaries for Las Vegas Metropolitan Area and North Las Vegas. "Figure 1." Nevada. State Engineer
'April, 1946.' 'Showing location of wells, springs, and boundary between valley fill and bedrock.' Originally published as plate 1 in number 4 of the Water resources bulletin published by the Nevada Office of the State Engineer. Scale [ca. 1:63,360. 1 in. to approx. 1 mile] (W 115°10?--N 115°/N 36°20?--N 36°). G4354.L3C34 1946 .N482
Bracken asking Clark how to proceed since a man had offered to buy a small plot of land near the Las Vegas Springs who had promised not to drill a well. Bracken recommended to not allow it.