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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... carried on at this time in the Territory of New Mexico is practiced under the old Mexican system . It is only within the ... carry that water out in canals to indefinitely increase the area of till . able lands in the Territory . The ...
... carried on at this time in the Territory of New Mexico is practiced under the old Mexican system . It is only within the ... carry that water out in canals to indefinitely increase the area of till . able lands in the Territory . The ...
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... carried out at least 30 miles from the river to a point down about Live Oak Springs , below Fort Stockton , a great broad ... carry it east out of the valley . A charter is granted for that purpose , and the com pany has been organized ...
... carried out at least 30 miles from the river to a point down about Live Oak Springs , below Fort Stockton , a great broad ... carry it east out of the valley . A charter is granted for that purpose , and the com pany has been organized ...
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... carry down much silt ? Major MILLS . Probably it does . When I first projected this plan I was told that it would be ... carried was less than one - third of 1 per cent . The CHAIRMAN . Would you provide for sluicing the dam to clear it ...
... carry down much silt ? Major MILLS . Probably it does . When I first projected this plan I was told that it would be ... carried was less than one - third of 1 per cent . The CHAIRMAN . Would you provide for sluicing the dam to clear it ...
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... carry 7,400 feet , equal to 10,000 feet , sufficient with the stor- age to relieve any probable or possible flood ... carried . Approximate cost of the work . Condemnation of the lands to be submerged ( $ 160,000 ) ; reconstruction of 15 ...
... carry 7,400 feet , equal to 10,000 feet , sufficient with the stor- age to relieve any probable or possible flood ... carried . Approximate cost of the work . Condemnation of the lands to be submerged ( $ 160,000 ) ; reconstruction of 15 ...
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... carry the water on to the lands below- no one knows how long ago ; but it is known that the Mexicans have used it ... carried away by the floods of the preceding year ; and it has been estimated by a Federal engineer sent from the City ...
... carry the water on to the lands below- no one knows how long ago ; but it is known that the Mexicans have used it ... carried away by the floods of the preceding year ; and it has been estimated by a Federal engineer sent from the City ...
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acres acres of land agricultural amount of water Arkansas River average basin bushels canal Cañon Cañon City capacity cent CHAIRMAN City Colorado committee construction cost Creek crops cubic feet cultivation Dakota depth Director POWELL Ditch Company east engineer evaporation expense farmers farming feet deep flood flow forest furnish Government Gray County inches irri irrigation Kansas LA GRANGE Lake Laramie Laramie River laws MEAD Mexico miles mountains Nebraska North Platte North Platte River owners party Paso Pecos Pecos River person places plains portion present pump purposes quantity railroad rain rain-fall raise reservoirs San Luis Valley sand season Senator JONES Senator PLUMB Senator REAGAN side soil spring square miles STATEMENT storage stored streams sufficient supply of water surface survey Territory Texas thereof timber tion valley water rights water supply western wheat Wyoming