Geo. H. Ayres (for Surprise Valley Power and Irrigation Company)
T47N R17E S31,32
high confidence
Claim Details
- Filed
- October 29, 1909
- Recorded
- November 02, 1909
- Recorder
- T.H. Ballard
- Type
- Tunnel Site
Water Source
- Source
- Cow Head Lake (tunnel site for water conveyance)
- Purpose
- Water Conveyance And Mining
- Diversion
- Tunnel
Use Location
Conveyance of water from Pelican or Cow Head Lake to Lane Canyon thence to Surprise Valley; also discovery of mines and development of lodes in T47N R17E Secs 31 and 32
State Database (eWRIMS)
Potential match
This water right may match a record in eWRIMS, but the similarity is not strong enough for a confident match (50% confidence).
- Current owner
- COWHEAD IRRIGATION DISTRICT
- Right type
- Appropriative
- Status
- Licensed
- Face value
- 5157.1 Acre-feet per Year
- eWRIMS source
- COW HEAD CREEK
- Application #
- A007111
Other Claims at This Location (6)
T47N R17E S31,32 — 0 matched, 4 not in eWRIMS
F.W. Chapin
1879
Not in ewrims
Theodore Houstely
1879
Not in ewrims
J.H. Leicester
1886
Potential
H.L. Sparger and Thomas Hinn
1887
Not in ewrims
Chas. Kirby Fox
1911
Not in ewrims
Alfred F. Ketner
1914
Potential
Transcription
To all whom these presents may concern; know ye, that I, Geo. H. Ayres, a citizen of the United States of Fort Bidwell, Cal do hereby declare and publish as a legal notice to all the world, that the surprise valley Power and Irrigation Company, a corporation, has a valid right to the occupancy, possession and enjoyment of that certain tunnel site, located October 23rd 1909 for the conveyance of water from Pelican or Cow head lake to Lane Canyon thence to surprise Valley Modoc County, California.
Source Photos
From: Modoc County Water Claims Book 2
— Page 105
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Notes: TUNNEL SITE CLAIM under Sec 2323 Revised Statutes of the United States (federal mining law). Filed BY Ayres FOR the Surprise Valley Power and Irrigation Company. REVEALS: Ayres is from Fort Bidwell. Company is a corporation. Tunnel site located Oct 23, 1909. NE end 700 ft from lake shore. 1/4 corner between Secs 31-32, T47N R17E bears N 61°30'E 1832 ft from SW end. Claims mineral rights: 1500 ft on each lode discovered during tunnel construction. Witness A.E. Pieb. This is the ACTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE for the 14+ Cowhead Lake water claims.