It should be explained that the statistical information concerning the cultivated area which is embodied in the annual reports of the several Commissioners of Indian Affairs for the years 1874 to 1898 covers not only the cultivated areas along the Gila and San Carlos Rivers but also the area cultivated on the Black River of the White Mountain Reservation as well. In the tabulation which follows these areas have been segregated and are shown under their respective headings. al heading d the rest imo. Aox ructed in mo ditch & as construc ne locatie 1875. 320 1 200 1 30 1.90 1882. 500 2 155 1883. 2 70 1884. err serious nd, and Brilas diver not need strected t time. structed 1181: Using same proportion of increase. 1886: Using same ratio of increase but assuming a maximum irrigated area of 450 acres on the San Carlos. According to information obtained no more than this acreage was irrigated on San Carlos during the earlier periods. 1887. oint was for the 1889. 2,390 1890. 4,600 (3) 1897. 3,000 21,250 2 450 1891. 2,000 2 1,300 2 1,300 21,300 61,218 1899. 2,000 6 1,240 2 2,000 2 500 6 1,260 3,925 21,725 In 1886-87 many ditches put in. In 1888 agent reports all available lands on San Carlos irrigated. (See letter of Jesse M. I ee, appendix.) Volume 1, supplemental exhibit In 1889, 940 acres of land was put under cultivation. This has all been credited to the Gila River. Year. In 1902 decreased amount due to drought according to agent. In 1905 agents speak of the large flood, also cultivation without irrigation. In 1906 from data furnished by Mr. McMurren. COMMENTS ON SAN CARLOS IRRIGATION. The foregoing table is believed to be a reasonably accurate analysis of irrigation on this reservation. While our surveys show that the entire area of land found to have been irrigated at sometime or other is in excess of the amounts tabulated, it is quite evident from the reports of the agents and from information gathered from other sources that various parcels were irrigated at different times, and that the area irrigated during each succeeding year since the initial irrigation is represented very closely in the above table. Very little satisfactory evidence could be obtained from the Indians themselves in regard to past irrigation on the reservation. All the information which the Indians were able to furnish proved to be very general in its nature and as nothing tangible concerning the early irrigation seemed to be forthcoming from this source it was decided early in the investigation that it would be a waste of time to attempt to obtain information from these Indians. An analysis of irrigation in five-year periods, similiar to those obtained for the Duncan and Solomonville districts has been given in the body of the report for this reservation. All the irrigation along the Gila within the San Carlos Reservation has been credited to the two canals of the Bylas district, which are the only canals diverting water from the Gila at the present time. It is considered that these ditches represent merely the diversions which formerly took place lower down on the river and that changes of the points of diversion of the water as well as its use for irrigation on different tracts of land involves no losses of priority. WINKELMAN SECTION. The history of irrigation in the Winkelman section has been given in the body of the report. The following tabulation is a concise summary of the irrigation data obtained during the investigation. NOTE. All of the land in the Winkelman section lying on the north side of the river is owned by the Ray Consolidated Copper Co., and has been acquired for the deposition of the concentrator tailings. The tailings have now rendered useless for agriculture all but 50 acres of land which was formerly irrigated, and it is the intention of the company to cover this area as well as all bottom land in this vicinity. DUNCAN VALLEY-A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE INDIVIDUAL CANALS OF The canals are given in the order they appear, beginning at the upper end of the valley and proceeding downstream. Sunset Canal.-The first known irrigation in this district took place on land now being served by the Sunset Canal and was carried on by means of a very small ditch constructed in 1876. In 1883, the Telles ditch was constructed and more land put under cultivation, and a few years later the Sunset Canal interests which owned a small canal made an agreement with the Telles interests to use the Telles ditch. It appears, however, that the Telles interests did not keep up the assessment work on their ditch, and because of this failure, they were denied the use of water by the owners of the Sunset Canal, whereas the Telles interests cut the ditch; an arrest followed and the case came up for trial in Silver City and resulted in a decision for the plaintiffs. This is the only suit involving water rights that ever came to trial in the Duncan Valley. Several small ditches, mostly in New Mexico, like the Miller and Rucker, were constructed in the early eighties, the Hughes ditch constructed somewhat later, and others with names unknown, irrigated small tracts of land along the river, some of which have since been washed away, while those remaining are now covered by the Sunset Canal. All of the land irrigated by the Sunset Canal is in the State of New Mexico. The landowners under the Sunset, according to their claims of appropriation, estimated that they were cultivating 832 acres of land, whereas the survey shows 694 acres. The Sunset Canal Co. was incorporated under the laws of New Cosper Martin and Wilson, also called the P. & M.-This ditch This Like the Sunset Canal, this ditch and the land which it serves to irrigate are situated altogether in New Mexico. The survey shows 483.5 acres to be under cultivation, which is a larger amount than that estimated by the present owners. The company owning the canal was incorporated under the statutes of New Mexico. Thirty-six shares of stock have been issued, all held by landowners under the canal. Cosper and Windham.-The Cosper and Windham Canal was constructed in 1886-87, and its location has remained much the same since it was originally constructed. This ditch, when first constructed, was situated entirely in New Mexico, but it was extended across the State line in 1889 in order to cover the Parks Ranch. As a result of the survey 641.6 acres were shown to be in cultivation, 541.8 acres in New Mexico, and the remaining 126.7 acres in Arizona. The Cosper and Windham is owned by a company of 17 landowners. Having holdings under the canal, these landowners own various amounts of the 60 shares issued by the corporation. This company, like the two preceding, was incorporated under the laws of New Mexico. Model Canal. A greater part of the land irrigated at the present time by the Model Canal was formerly served by a ditch called the Johnson and Black, and later the Franklin. The Johnson and Black ditch was first constructed about 1882, but it was enlarged a few years later. In 1895 a colony of Mormons settled in this region near the village of Franklin and this ditch was then called the Franklin Canal. According to Mr. Thomas Nations, who claims to have assisted in its construction, the Model Canal was begun in 1893, and was completed in 1895. With the completion of the Model Canal the Franklin was abandoned and the water rights of the latter were taken over by the Model and stock issued in accordance. The area cultivated under the Model Canal was 1,819.5 acres at the time of the survey, and of this area 278.9 acres were situated in New Mexico. The sum of the arcas given by the different landowners amounts to 2,019 acres. The Model Canal Co. was incorporated July 5, 1899, capital stock $5,000, divided into 200 shares. By an amendment to the articles of incorporation on September 12, 1908, the capital stock was increased to $10,000, divided into 400 shares. Of these 400 shares, 343 have been issued and are held by 53 landowners under the canal. The Shriver Canal.-The Shriver Canal is situated altogether in New Mexico, below, and on the same side of the river as the Model Canal. It was constructed in 1887, and about 50 acres were placed under irigation during the first year. In 1890 the acreage under cultivation was equal to that cultivated at the present time. The survey shows an area of 66 acres cultivated in 1914, whereas Mr. Shriver, the sole owner, claims that at one time 100 acres were under cultivation. Evidently some of this land has recently been destroyed by floods. The Valley or Boone Canal.-This canal was constructed in 1887 by a Mr. Boone, and the ditch as well as the area cultivated under it has been gradually enlarged. Prior to the construction of the Valley Canal, and as early as 1884, there was a ditch known as the Buck Tyson, which served to irrigate a small portion of land that is now irrigated by the Valley Canal. Most of the land formerly irrigated by the Buck Tyson Canal has been washed away, and in formation concerning the land under it was so meager that it was not Further down the river from the old Tyson ditch was the Wat- The results of the survey show 1,220.5 acres actually under cultivation and 46.5 acres of previous cultivation. The Valley Canal Co. was incorporated as early as June 29, 1888. Its capital stock is divided into 97 shares, held by 23 landowners under the canal. The Burtcher (Ward & Courtney) Canal.-This ditch, formerly called the Ward & Courtney Canal, was constructed in the early eighties or late seventies, the exact date not being known. In 1885 about 150 acres were irrigated by this canal. The Ward & Courtney also formerly supplied the water for irrigation and stock purposes in the town of Duncan. About 1887 a disagreement arose between the town people and the Ward & Courtney owners as to the distribution of water. As a result of this controversy the town people constructed a ditch for their own purposes in 1896 (approximately) and this canal was called the Duncan or Town ditch. This town ditch continued in use until about 1909, when the Duncan Canal Extension was constructed and this latter canal then served the lands in the immediate vicinity of Duncan. The Burtcher or Ward & Courtney Canal has its capital stock divided into 420 shares and this stock is held by 14 landowners under the canal. This Burtcher Canal was irrigating 163.5 acres at the time of the survey, although 300 acres was the total area given by the land owners. The Duncan Extension.-The Duncan Extension, which in reality is an extension of the Burtcher Canal, is treated as a separate ditch inasmuch as this canal has for its principal purpose the collection and diversion of the waste waters of the Model Canal. Although it is connected to the Burtcher, the incorporators of this canal claim it to be their purpose to obtain water for their ditch by first passing it through the Model Canal. The Duncan Canal Extension serves the land formerly irrigated by the original Duncan Canal, which was constructed in 1886 or 1887, and which superseded the Ward & Courtney (Burtcher) Canal, and in the analysis this early priority has been credited to the Duncan Extension Canal. The Duncan Canal Extension served to irrigate 67.5 acres at the time of this survey, whereas the owners under the canal were of the opinion they were irrigating 150 acres. This discrepancy may arise from the fact that a portion of the land upon which the town of Duncan is situated was formerly irrigated by this ditch but was not included in the above survey figures. The Black & McCloskey Canal. This ditch was constructed in 1897-98 and an appropriation filed February 20, 1901. Previous to the construction of the Black & McCloskey about two-thirds of the land cultivated at the present time was being irri |