*A dam was placed in the river in 1873 or 1874 and the water thus diverted into the Mitchell Slough used for irrigating all land covered by slough. The Moore Cut was dug to make possible the diversion of water into the Mitchell Slough without any dam.

The water for this ditch is diverted by means of a dam into a slough near the SW cor. of the SE of the NE of Section 27, T. 45 N, R. 64 E, and is then diverted from the slough into the constructed ditch near the NW cor. of the same forty.

About 202.52 acres of land lying between this ditch and the river from the point of diversion to the middle of Section 2, 46, 64 [Probably intended for T. 46 N, R. 64 E.] was irrigated in 1889. Since that date the ditch has gradually been extended until it covers all of the land which was irrigated at the Boar's Nets in 1874.

§The land shown in this application (proof) was first irrigated in 1874 by means of dams placed in river channel.

*The acres of Hay Meadow (701.20) and Grazing Meadow (264.05), total 965.25 acres, were first irrigated in 1874 by means of dams in Salmon River and its sloughs.

†U. S. Government lands.

Head gate and dam located in the NE of NW1, Sec. 8, T. 44 N, R 63 E. This ditch not only furnishes water for the irrigation of lands described above, but also a portion of the water for land originally irrigated from Jake's Creek, Ditches Nos. 4 and 5, and the Harrell Salmon Irrigating Ditch; gates for the purpose being installed in the SW of the NW; the SW of the SE of Section 15, and the NE of the NW1 and NWINE of Section 22, T. 44 N, R. 63 E.

*Point of diversion located in the NESE of Sec. 10, T. 44 N, R. 63 E. Ditch is a natural channel. Water is applied to lands by means of check dams, laterals, natural channels, depressions.

Portions of the Old Channel Ditch were the main channel of Salmon River at the time the first diversion for irrigation was made on the Vineyard Ranch in 1876, when a dam and ditch were constructed in the SE of the SW of Sec. 9, T. 44 N, 63 E. This ditch became the main channel of the river, due to a large volume of water and excessive grade, since which time the old channel has been used to irrigate the lands described above by means of dams, laterals, natural channels, and depressions. Water is diverted to the Old Channel Ditch, in addition to the natural flow, through a short ditch on left or north bank of river, located above the dam, used also to divert water to the Harrell Salmon River Irrigation Ditch. This dam and ditch are situated in

The irrigation prior to 1876 was accomplished by means of dams in the main river channel.

Claimant-Vineyard Land and Stock Co., Ogden, Utah.
Source Shoshone Creek (a tributary of Salmon River).

The acre-feet per annum (4.04) stated as necessary to properly irrigate the land is based on 3 acre-feet for alfalfa and ploughed land, and 4.5 acre-feet for native meadow.

Claimant-Vineyard Land and Stock Co., Ogden, Utah.

Source-Warm Springs (which are tributary to Salmon River).

*The acre-feet per annum (3.40) stated as necessary for proper irrigation of the land under this ditch is based on 3 acre-feet for alfalfa and 4.5 acre-feet for native meadow.

The acre-feet per annum (3.870) stated as necessary to properly irrigate the land is based on 3 acre-feet for alfalfa and 4.5 acre-feet for native grass.

Ditch No. 1*.

Ditch No. 2..

Total.

Claimant-Vineyard Land and Stock Co., Ogden, Utah.
Source-Trout Creek (a tributary of Salmon River).

*In addition to water from this ditch water is also applied to the land described above by means of check dams constructed in the main channel of Trout Creek, the banks of which are very low.

No irrigation was done by means of ditches until 1894, after which date irrigation was done from both dams and ditches.

Of the above-described land 17.05 acres is grazing meadow, and 56.81 acres is hay meadow. $In the irrigation of the land described above, water is also applied to the lands by means of check dams, located in the main channel of Trout Creek and Warm Springs branch of Trout Creek, which was the method used prior to 1894. Subsequent to 1894 irrigation was done by means of both ditches and dams in the channel.

Ditch No. 3....

Claimant-Vineyard Land and Stock Co., Ogden, Utah.
Source North Fork of Trout Creek.

Total..

*No acreage listed under this date.

All of the above-described land is grazing meadow.
Government land.

Land here described also irrigated by means of the flooding system with check dams, constructed in the main channel of Trout Creek.

Claimant-Vineyard Land and Stock Co., Ogden, Utah.
Source Jakes Creek (a tributary of Salmon River).

*Water diverted from Jake's Creek by means of dams located in SE of the NW of Section 22, T. 44 N, R. 63 E.

Water diverted by means of same dam as for Ditch No. 4.
Probably T. 44 N, R. 63 E.

*Water for stock is carried by this ditch all the year round and has been continuously used since 1882. This ditch with its system of six main laterals furnishes water for the irrigation of the lands. Diversion is by means of a dam located in NE of the NE of Section 9, T. 43 N, R. 63 E. Length of main canal is approximately 5,300 feet. Aggregate length of laterals is approximately 9,100 feet.

Claimant-Vineyard Land and Stock Co., Ogden, Utah.
Source Nall Creek (a tributary of Salmon River).

*Water is diverted from Nall Creek with dam and ditch. Length of ditch is approximately 1,500 feet. Dam is situated in the NW1SW, Sec. 34, T. 44 N, R. 63 E.

From 1873 to 1894 the land was irrigated by means of dams placed in the shallow channel of the stream; subsequent to 1894 irrigation was done by means of both constructed ditches and dams in the creek channel.

Claimant-Vineyard Land and Stock Co., Ogden, Utah.
Source-Nall Creek and its tributaries (both tributaries of
Salmon River).

*All irrigated lands are grazing meadows. Water is applied to land described above by means of the flooding system, using check dams in the channel of Nall Creek and its tributary, Ohio Creek, both streams being small brooks with shallow channels.

Claimant-Vineyard Land and Stock Co., Ogden, Utah.
Source Willow Creek (a tributary of Salmon River, through

*Point of diversion is located in SWINE, Sec. 4, T. 43 N, R. 64 E. Water is also applied to the land described above by means of dams in main channel of creek.

+From 1873 to 1894 the land was irrigated by means of dams placed in the shallow channel of the stream; subsequent to 1894 irrigation was done by means of both constructed ditches and dams in the creek channel.

All grazing meadow.

Claimant-Vineyard Land and Stock Co., Ogden, Utah.
Source-Hot Springs Creek.*

Creek Channel,† laterals 1, 2, 3.........

1893

1893

*A tributary of Shoshone Creek-Salmon River drainage.

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Hot Creek is used as channel for irrigation, and the ditches are considered as laterals. $271.9 acres is named in the proof as the maximum acreage irrigated in any year, but no descriptions of the land are given.

All the water rises from springs located on property of the Vineyard Land and Stock Company. Fall Creek provides entirely for the slope drainage on the south, and Hot Creek carries but little water except from Hot Spring and other springs rising near the channel. Banks are low making it entirely feasible to use creek bed as irrigation channel. It is now difficult to determine the area first irrigated and the increased area during subsequent years. The beneficial use was progressive; the land in the flat was flooded directly from the channel, and later water was taken through laterals.