First of all, what caught my attention was the statement that Fish Springs Ranch was a whopping some 500 square miles or some 300,000 acres. A dubious figure indeed. A little known fact, Jeans’ wells enlarged Fish Springs Ranch  by some 320 acres under the federal Desert Land Act, one of the few remaining federal homestead laws still in effect,

On an environmental note, the wells dried up Fish Springs. This ancient spring was similar to High  Rock Springs, just to the north,

The pipeline was built to Lemmon Valley. I as I understand it a few years ago Fish Springs water reached Reno.

Tim