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Show [15] condition, produce any crop; that no portion of said land has ever been reclaimed by conducting water thereon, and that there are no lands in the vicinity of this tract that are or have been cultivated without artificial irrigation. And I further declare that there is not, to my knowledge, within the limits of said land any vein or lode of quartz, or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, lead, tin, or copper, or any deposit of coal; that there is not, within the limits of said land, to my knowledge, any placer, cement, gravel or other valuable mineral deposit or salines; that no portion of said land is claimed for mining purposes under the local customs or rules of miners, or otherwise; that no portion of said land is worked for mineral during any part of the year by any person or persons; and that said land is essentially non-mineral land. And I further declare that I make this affidavit at the request of John M. Reuck, and that I am not interested in any way or manner, directly or indirectly, present or prospective, in the application or declaration in support of which this affidavit is made, nor in the land itself, nor in any title thereto which may be acquired by said applicant or any other person. /s/ Roy D. McPherrin |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : |