AZ vs. CA:19 California Exhibits, Vol. XIX; Nos. 4000-4044

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[S] will not, in its natural condition, produce any crop; that no portion of said land has ever been reclaimed by conducting water thereon, and there are no lands in the vicinity of this tract that are occupied by settlers and cultivated without artificial irrigation. And I further declare that I have personally examined every legal subdivision of the said land and there is not, to my knowledge, within the limits thereof, 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, salt springs, or deposits of salt; 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; that said land is essentially nonmineral land, and that my declaration therefor is not made for the purpose of fraudulently obtaining title to mineral land, timber land, or agricultural land, but for the purpose of faithfully reclaiming the land above described by conducting water thereon, and that the land is not occupied and improved by any Indian and is unoccupied, unimproved, and unappropriated by any person claiming the same other than myself (except none). /s/ Gerald Starr (Sign here, with full Christian name.) ^g^NoTE.-Every person swearing falsely to the above affidavit will be punished as provided by law for such offense. (See Sec. 5392, R. S., below.)