Snyder v. Colorado Gold Dredging Co.

1. This is an appeal by C. M. Snyder, from a final general adjudication decree rendered by the district court of Summit county in Water District No. 36, in a proceeding under the statute to settle the priority of water rights on Swan river, acquired by appropriation and use for beneficial purposes other than irrigation. The court entered a decree finding the Gralena ditch, No. 6, according to the date of construction (The Colorado Cold Dredging Company, appellee, claimant) was entitled to priorities Nos. 5 and 30 for hydraulic placer purposes; that under priority No. 5 by construction, it was…