Exhibit_4_Mineral_Point_Decree.pdf

MI~~BAL POI~T DITCH

DITCH NO.. 2L APPROPRIATION PRIORITY NO. 1965-~

Concerning this Ditch, the Court finds:-

1. The name of said ditch is the MIleBAL POD!T DITCH, and the

Claimants thereof are ': iarren H. Gibbs and Doris L. Gibbs, <1hose address is Postoffice Box 0, Ouray, Colorado.

2. ThBt the he~ dgate of said ditch is located on the north bank of an unnamed tributary of the Rio Las Animas River from which stream said ditch diverts its supp~y of water, at a point whence the ?Jorthwest Gorr.er of Section 36, Township 43 l~orth, Rance 7 > lest, N. M. P. M., be~rs North 46037' Nest, 3, 304 feet.

3. The length of said ditch is 3, 225 feet; the v:idth of sa id ditch is 2. 0 feet on the bet tom and 5. 25 feet at high- 1'ater line;

the depth of said ditch is 1.08 feet at hiEr- water line; the grade of said ditch is 6. 0 feet per lCOO feet, and th,: csrrying ca.pacity of said ditch is eleven ( 11. 0) cubic feet of water per second of time for which claim is hereby made for domestic, stock water, fist culture and irrig8t1on purposes.

4. ThB,t tl1e work of ori" inal construction of said ditch I, as commenced on the 27th day of September, 1956, and prosecuted with reasonable ~ ili~ence to completion.

5. . rhat through ssid ditch as constructed tr.e C18,imants hl',ve ppropriated and a~' plied the water therefrom to the actual direct irri.<ration of a,:proxim8 tely lL1.0 acres of land lyin,,' thereun':Jer and belone:ing to Claim8nts, stock .' eter, domestic and fish culture purposes; and trlat by reason of the ohE.racter of the soil and the condjtions under which the same must be irrigated, the amount of tla ter so used and reasonably neces88ry fo r the irrir-a tion of' S8.' d l'3nd and otter benefici3-1 pJrposes is 11. 0 cubic feet of water per seconc1 of time.

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6. ThBt t<e d~ te of ~ ppropriation of wRter by virtue of construction of said ditch and application of water was September

27, 195~, from which time the appropriation of water should date.

7. That the said ditch should be numbered as DITCH NO. 74 ann shouln be aW~ rded APPROPRIATION PRIORITY NO. 1965- 74 , in said

Water DiRtrict No. 30, wlth date of appropriRtion September 27, 1956.

IT IS, TH~ REFORE, ADJUDGED AND DECREED:

That the s~ in MINERAL POINT DITCE is hereby numbered as

DITCH NO. 74 for the' irri~~tion of one hundred and forty ( 140) acres of land belongin~ to ClaimAnts, domestic, stock water and fish culture, by virtue of construction, for the benefit of Claimants, Warren H. Gibbs anQ Doris L. Gibbs, and/ or their legally qualified successors and assigns, and said ditch is aWnrded and decreed

APPROPRIATION PRIORITY NO. 1965-~, with decreed date of September

27, 1956, in Rnd to the extent of eleven ( 11. 0) cubic feet of water per second of time; subject to all of the general limitations and prOVisions in this decree expressed.

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