Annual Report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, Volume 27U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 - Forest reserves |
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... lands reliable information regarding the occurrence and value of iron - ore deposits should be acquired and disseminated . The Government itself is directly interested , since extensive deposits of iron ore occur upon the public lands ...
... lands reliable information regarding the occurrence and value of iron - ore deposits should be acquired and disseminated . The Government itself is directly interested , since extensive deposits of iron ore occur upon the public lands ...
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Geological Survey (U.S.). The Government is the largest holder of coal lands in the world . These lands have up to the present been on the market , yet the Gov- ernment has spent less in determining the value of its property than many ...
Geological Survey (U.S.). The Government is the largest holder of coal lands in the world . These lands have up to the present been on the market , yet the Gov- ernment has spent less in determining the value of its property than many ...
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... lands , and the Pennsylvania Piedmont Plateau region , with a view to clarifying the relations of the various crystalline rocks , a problem which is directly connected with the economic resources of the East . Additional field work was ...
... lands , and the Pennsylvania Piedmont Plateau region , with a view to clarifying the relations of the various crystalline rocks , a problem which is directly connected with the economic resources of the East . Additional field work was ...
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... lands in Utah was undertaken , with a view to the classification of the lands according to their mineral or nonmineral character . During the season surveys were made of the Book Cliffs coal field and of the coal lands in the vicinity ...
... lands in Utah was undertaken , with a view to the classification of the lands according to their mineral or nonmineral character . During the season surveys were made of the Book Cliffs coal field and of the coal lands in the vicinity ...
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... lands near Thistle Junction , Utah , and of the ozokerite deposits near Colton and Soldiers Summit in the same State ... Land Office . The following additional brief reports were prepared for the annual economic bulletin : A Nevada zinc ...
... lands near Thistle Junction , Utah , and of the ozokerite deposits near Colton and Soldiers Summit in the same State ... Land Office . The following additional brief reports were prepared for the annual economic bulletin : A Nevada zinc ...
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30-minute quadrangle adjusted area mapped area surveyed Arkansas calendar year 1905 Calexico California Canal cent Colorado connection contour interval Creek Dahlonega division elevations were determined engaged in field engraving fiscal following quadrangles Geological Survey interval of 20 investigation Lake latitudes and departures level circuits levels were run linear miles lines were run Madison counties marks were established miles of levels miles of primary miles of road miles of spirit miles of traverse Missouri Nebraska City North Carolina North Platte Otoe County partial survey parties were engaged party was engaged permanent bench marks points were located positions were computed primary control primary traverse progress of stream quad quadrangle rangles reconnaissance region Report of progress resurvey road traverse sheet was completed Shelby counties South Dakota South Fork spirit levels square miles stream measurements Talbotton tion traverse were run triangulation stations Tucker counties underground waters Utah Valley Wyoming York counties
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Page 30 - Harrison, the area mapped being 30 square miles, for publication on the scale of 1:62,500, with a contour interval of 20 feet.
Page 40 - Lloyd, topographer, on the above scale and with the same contour interval. 1898. — O'Fallon sheet, in Calhoun and Jersey counties, was mapped by Mr. Paul Holman, topographer, for publication on the scale of 1:125,000, with a contour interval of 50 feet. The...
Page 30 - The total new area mapped was 291 square miles, for publication on the scale of 1:62,500, with a contour interval of 20 feet.
Page 69 - A review of the laws forbidding pollution of inland waters in the United States, second edition, by EB Goodell.
Page 40 - The total area surveyed was 1,604 square miles, for publication on the scale of 1:62,500, with a contour interval of 20 feet, in connection with which 1,693 linear miles of levels were run and 56 permanent bench marks were established.
Page 46 - Taylor, the area mapped being 565 square miles, for publication on the scale of 1:250,000, with a contour interval of 200 feet.
Page 96 - STAMPED BELOW AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 GENTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILURE TO RETURN THIS BOOK ON THE DATE DUE. THE PENALTY WILL INCREASE TO SO CENTS ON THE FOURTH DAY AND TO $1.OO ON THE SEVENTH DAY OVERDUE.
Page 46 - Burney, the area mapped being 620 square miles, for publication on the scale of 1:125,000, with a contour interval of 100 feet.
Page 40 - Tufts, G. Young and the city of St. Louis, and was published on the scale of 1 :24,000 with a contour interval of 20 feet. This sheet was reduced and included in the St. Louis double atlas sheet, scale 1 :62,500 and contour interval 20 feet, a resurvey of the 1888 sheets.
Page 41 - ... general auspices of this section. Field work was begun by six geologists early in June, 1914, and was continued into the autumn. One of the four resulting bulletins (Bulletin 612) has already appeared and is described on page 27. l The activities of the section have concerned the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, and Washington. 3. The section of Coastal Plain investigations — T. Wayland Vaughan, geologist in charge...