v.3. Rocky Mountain region and Great Plains. v.4. Statements by Director Powell and other officers of the U. S. Geological Survey. Consular reports. General report on irrigation in United States. Miscellaneous papers. [v.5] Irrigation in the United States. By R.J. Hinton... being a 2d ed. of Misc. doc. 15, 49th Cong. [2d sessU.S. Government Printing Office, 1890 |
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... basin can be filled with solid matter . If these premises be correct it should be remembered that each year one , one hundred and fiftieth part of the lake's basin will be filled with solid matter , thus decreasing year by year its ...
... basin can be filled with solid matter . If these premises be correct it should be remembered that each year one , one hundred and fiftieth part of the lake's basin will be filled with solid matter , thus decreasing year by year its ...
Page 180
... basin in which I live , caused by the storms and head waters of the river . That makes a good growth of hay and some of the farmers in the locality have been able to raise a good crop of hay when the basin was flooded . Senator PLUMB ...
... basin in which I live , caused by the storms and head waters of the river . That makes a good growth of hay and some of the farmers in the locality have been able to raise a good crop of hay when the basin was flooded . Senator PLUMB ...
Page 206
... basin enters . It is a cavity of about 150 feet across the top . From the top of the sand down to the water would be perhaps about 30 or 40 feet . There is a vast basin of water there of unknown depth . That is supposed to be the ...
... basin enters . It is a cavity of about 150 feet across the top . From the top of the sand down to the water would be perhaps about 30 or 40 feet . There is a vast basin of water there of unknown depth . That is supposed to be the ...
Page 235
... basins , like Deep Basin and Wild Horse Lake , in the southeast and northwest portions of Finney and Meade Counties , which when filled to the brim by the rains of the early season are very pretty little bodies of water , are known to ...
... basins , like Deep Basin and Wild Horse Lake , in the southeast and northwest portions of Finney and Meade Counties , which when filled to the brim by the rains of the early season are very pretty little bodies of water , are known to ...
Page 236
... basin formed in the loose soil of the sand hills , affording a perennial supply of water . In the valleys of the Cim- arron and some of its tributaries small alkali basins are met with , but these comprise areas of inconsiderable extent ...
... basin formed in the loose soil of the sand hills , affording a perennial supply of water . In the valleys of the Cim- arron and some of its tributaries small alkali basins are met with , but these comprise areas of inconsiderable extent ...
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