The class that had disputes
with silver miners regarding the water and land rights are the southwest ranchers.<span>
To add, </span>water rights are one of the interests that may attach to real estate<span> ownership, and pertain to the rights to use adjacent bodies of
water.</span>
<span>Southwest ranchers from Arizona had a conflict with the rights of their silver mining. This is because the guerilla war was happening at the time with the Apaches. The Spanish frontier found Arizona as a boundary which resulted that mining was held back for a time.</span>