Range: Range number partially illegible, appears to be 14
Section: Land description complex and partially illegible
Source Name: Creek name reads 'Gainville Creek' or possibly 'Grainville Creek'
Transcription
Know all men by these presents that I Sarah A. Fisher of Goose Lake Valley Modoc County State of California have this day located and appropriated and do hereby claim and appropriate for the purposes of irrigation and for stock water and other domestic uses twenty five (25) inches to be measured under a four inch pressure of the water here flowing in Gainville Creek in said Valley County and State.
Notes: Female claimant — notable for the era. Ditch twelve inches wide and six inches deep. Water taken on north side of creek, conveyed about 50 yards by ditch then by slough or natural channel through the described lands. Dated July 9 1877.