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rents TMT tir, Mario Leanza duly 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 Grand 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 good assortment of browses all of which provide for excellent year-long grazing. Very Vittle supplementary feeding has ever been done on the Big Boquillas. . A major: asset of the ranch is it's unique water system. There is 375 miles of steel pipe line ranging in size from 25 inches up to 4 inches. There is 80 steel storage tanks having a capacity of 44,009 gallons each and 3 steel storage tanks having a capacity of 599,009 gallons each, giving the ranch total tank capacity of 5,020,000 gallons. The water -is-supplied-to the system from deep wells in the Aubrey-. ... 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 pumped to the 500,000 gallon storage tanks and from there it runs by gravity over the entire ranch. .In addition to the above water system there are some 200 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 lease will expire April 1980. This ranch in the. past has grazed as many as 10,000 mother cows, or 25,000 stocker calves. .