Township: Township reads '47' which is far north for Goose Lake — may be 45
Transcription
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Water Claim — Cottonwood Creek. Know all men by these presents that I Luther E. Henderson of Modoc County California have this day claimed located and appropriated... one hundred (100) inches... of the water here flowing in Cottonwood Creek in Goose Lake Valley...
Notes: Claims as assignee — rights originally established in 1872 by J.C. Donboure and E.A. Coffee, then Francis Wingfield. Henderson now owns all water of said creek flowing through the ditch. Ditch 15 inches wide and 15 inches deep on south bank. Dated July 5 1878.