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released into the can3'on and picked ap again at its mouth in a flume, which conveys 

 it down the main canyon 3.5 miles, to the San Jacinto Valley. 



CLAIMS TO WATER ON HEMET CREEK. 



All the filings which have ever been made to water in Hemet Creek were 

 evidently made solelj' for the supplj' of a reservoir to be located at the site of the 

 existing reservoir. The dam site was so narrow and so striking in its natural 

 excellence as a location for a masonry dam that it attracted general notice, and 

 various parties looked at it with a view to building a dam before the structure was 

 finallj'^ decided upon by capitalists able to build it. 



The filings shown by the records of San Diego Countv on this stream are 

 enumerated as follows: 



No. 1. November 8, 1884, Charles H. Thomas and L. M. Wilson filed a claim to "all the water 

 of the San Jacinto River," at a point described as "6 miles westerly from Charles Thomas's house." 



No. 2. July 24, 1885, G. D. Compton and James Kerr filed a claim to a reservoir site "about 4 

 miles westerly from Charles Thomas's residence," but they did not specify any definite amount of 

 water claimed. 



No. 3. December 20, 1885, Leon H. Taylor filed a claim to "2,000 inches, measured under a 

 4-inch pressure, for domestic and agricultural purposes," the point of diversion being "sec. 8, T. 6 S., 

 R. 3 E., at west end of Hemet Valley." 



No. 4. December 14, 1885, James S. Crain filed on a reservoir site at sec. 7, T. 6 S., R. 3 E., 

 "said reservoir to be used for holding and storing water, and said water to be conveyed to San Jacinto 

 and Pleasant valleys by means of pipes, flumes, and ditches, and to be used in irrigating lands in the 

 above-named valleys, and for conveying wood, lumber, fence posts, and all kinds of building material 

 to San Jacinto and Pleai^ant valleys, and also for mining, milling, manufacturing, and domestic pur- 

 poses." No volume of water is specified. 



No. 5. April 13, 1886, L. M. AVilson and James S. Crain filed on a reservoir site, located 3 miles 

 west of filing No. 4 above. No volume of water is named in the filing. 



No. 6. October 7, 1886, John McBride, James S. Rainey, and John S. Crain filed a notice relo- 

 cating and claiming the location as a reservoir dam site, described as being "situated at the westerly 

 end of Hemet Valley, and about 3.5 miles in a westerly direction from the residence of Charles 

 Thomas." The volume of water claimed is "all of the surplus water at this point of location which 

 can be held in reserve by a dam 50 feet high, or 75 feet high, or 100 feet high, or 110 feet high." 



No. 7. December 7, 1886, James R. Cheathem filed on the reservoir dam site at the westerly end 

 of Hemet Valley, "on account of all the previous locators having failed to comply with the laws 

 governing the location and holding of reservoir dam sites." 



No. 8. September 30, 1890, the Lake Hemet Water Company filed a notice claiming the water 

 flowing to the extent of 200 inches, measured under a 4-inch pressure, at a point described a.s 500 feet 

 northwesterly from the SE. corner of NE. J sec. 8, T. 6 S., R. 3 E., which point is about 1.5 miles above 

 the site of the Hemet Dam. From about this point the company subsequently built a ditch and flume 

 leading to the dam, conveying about 100 inches of water, which was used for power during the building 

 of the dam. 



No. 9. Septemljer 30, 1890, the Lake Hemet Water Company filed a notice claiming 100 miner's 

 inches of water flowing in Herke Creek, a tributary of Hemet Creek, the point of diversions as described 

 being but 450 feet from the location of claim No. 8. 



No. 10. June 30, 1891, the Lake Hemet Water Company filed a notice claiming "the water flow- 

 ing in the San Jacinto River atthe point of diversion, to wit, in the N\V. \ of sec. 28, T. 5 S., R. 2 E., 

 S. B. yi., just above the mouth of Strawberry Fork, to the extent of 4,000 inches, measured under a 

 4-inch pressure, to be used for agriculture, domestic, mechanical, and mining purposes," etc. 



These are all the claims to water of record in the recorder's office of San Diego 

 County referring to Hemet Creek, and there are no claims on file in the records of 



