Letter from J. L. Wells to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing the necessary steps and requirements for making an official map of the Cienega Ditch Property.

Document specifying boundary lines, natural and man-made land markers, and the quality of sections of land belonging to the Cienega Ditch Property in Arizona. The distances are measured in units of chains. Arithmetic calculations are handwritten in pencil in the margins of the pages.

Letter from J. L. Wells to Mr. Parramore discussing land survey notes from the Arizona side of the Cienega Ditch property and intentions to obtain more legal data about water rights pertaining to the ditch.

Photocopy of a map of the Cienega Ditch land in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, scale 1:500. The map shows the path of the San Simon River Valley and the land the river irrigates. Handwritten marking show minor geographic features.

Commentary from Dock Dilworth Parramore on a series of ranch photos and a particularly successful cattle drive during a drought.

Letter from J. L. Wells to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing the filing of maps and a statement of the Cienega Ditch and making suggestions on raising the value of the property by adding a water ditch on the Arizona side.

Letter from D. D. Parramore to J. L. Wells discussing receiving a map of the Cienega Ditch and sending payment for it, signing of legal forms related to the surveying of the ditch, and discussing the existing legal ambiguity of the current ownership of the property. A postscript note at the end of the letter reads, "Am working with Bill Sugart to get Charles Chinoweth or someone else and go up to Lordsburg and sign the papers." The word, "Coppy", is written in pencil at the top of the letter.

Letter from D. D. Parramore to Bill Shugart discussing filing a map of the Cienega Ditch with the surveyor, J. L. Wells, and asking Sugart or Charles Chinoweth to sign as a witness that the ditch existed before 1895. The word, "Coppy", is handwritten in pencil at the top of the letter.

Letter from J. L. Wells to D. D. Parramore discussing a completed map of the Cienega Ditch and the final steps needed to officially file it in Santa Fe.

Letter from J. L. Wells to Mr. Parramore discussing measurements of Parramore's property and the need for two men to attest to the existence of the Cienega Ditch to complete a land survey.

Letter from L. B. Atwood to D. D. Parramore discussing water rights and ownership rights and technicalities about the Cienega property.

Document specifying boundary lines, natural and man-made land markers, and the quality of sections of land belonging to the Cienega Ditch Property in New Mexico. The distances are measured in units of chains. Arithmetic calculations are handwritten in pencil in the margins of the pages.

Document declaring the filing of a land survey and maps of the Cienega Ditch with the office of the State Engineer of New Mexico as notice of D. D. Parramore's ownership of the land. The document is notarized by Robert M. Reynolds, Florence Clifton, and B. E. Lourt.

Document specifying boundary lines, natural and man-made land markers, and the quality of sections of land belonging to the Cienega Ditch Property in New Mexico. The distances are measured in units of chains. Arithmetic calculations are handwritten in pencil in the margins of the pages.

Letter from J. L. Wells to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing mapping and measurements of the Cienega Ditch Property. A handwritten note at the bottom of the letter reads, "Regarding the ownership of the Cienega, the notes and affidavit only intend to show the owner - no difference how you obtained it or when."

Letter from J. L. Wells to J. J. Parramore discussing blueprints and mapped measurements of land on the San Simon River.

Letter from J. L. Wells to Dock Dilworth Parramore discussing an enclosed letter from the New Mexico State Engineer to Mr. Wells regarding water rights to the Cienega Ditch Property.

Letter from J. L. Wells to J. J. Parramore discussing why Mr. Atwood is out office, promising to complete a map of the Cienega Ditch while having Atwood draw up a form of oath for Parramore, Sugart, and Chinoweth to sign. He requests the first initials of Chinoweth and Sugart, to which a response is written at the bottom of the page from Dock Dilworth Parramore that reads, "Called Cienega Ditch. Wm Sugart Charles Chinoweth. D.D.P."