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Mr. Mario Leanza July 2, 1979 Page - 2 - some 15 miles, and has several sections of land in the Grand Canyon. This ranch is the only privately owned deeded land left along the rim of the & rand Canyon. The elevation at the lowest part of the ranch is 5,200 feet in Aubrey Valley, it runs up to 6,200 feet.on the Coconino Plateau, average elevation is about 5,700 feet. Most of the. ranch is gently rolling hills easily accessible in a pickup truck. There are no rough mountains. Vegetation consists mostly of gramma grass, there is a good cover cf black and blue gramma along with an abundance of Side-oats. There is also a aood assortment of browses all of which provide for excellent year-long grazing. Very Tittle supplementary feeding has ever been done on the Big Boquillas. . A major-asset of the ranch is it's unique water system. WK _ There is 375 miles of steel pipe line ranging in size from ca 24: inches up to 4 inches. There is 80 steel storage tanks ¥ - having a capacity of 44,000 gallons each and 3 steel storage : tanks having a capacity of 599,009 gallons each, giving the _ ranch total tank capacity of 5,020,900 gallons. The water 5 a re . yis-supplied-to the system -from deep wells-in the Aubrey-. ... an - . Valley. There are no drilling restrictions in this valley and any number of wells can be drilled. A new well was completed recently to a depth of 1,788 feet, it tested 420 gallons per minute without any draw down. The water is a pumped to the 500,090 gallon storage tanks and from there ~ it runs by gravity over the entire ranch. -In addition to : a the above water system there are some 2090 dirt tanks strategically located over the range, The main office of the ranch is located in Seligman, Arizona. There are seven sets of improvements consisting of excellent modern housing, barns, corrals, sheds and etc. There are three sets of scales with one set at the shipping corrals on the main line of the Santa Fe Railroad. The ranch is . entirely fenced and cross fenced with over 509 miles of good barbed wire .fencing. This ranch is presently leased to a cattle company whose Tease will expire April 1980. This ranch in the.past has grazed as many as 10,00C mother cows, or 25,000 stocker calves. . ‘ OD agen mL eee tenes Fe TIER Urn tetera ot 6 on NRT So ART he pan