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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... proper intervals . Of course they are built strongly and then closed by gates . There is a French dam that has gates that go down with proper appliances for raising them , and a child ten years old can raise them without difficulty ...
... proper intervals . Of course they are built strongly and then closed by gates . There is a French dam that has gates that go down with proper appliances for raising them , and a child ten years old can raise them without difficulty ...
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... proper . I now propose to refer to the valley proper . The valley from here to Fort Quitman , with- out following the meanderings of the river , but where you could run the shortest road , to the end of this valley is 92 miles . That ...
... proper . I now propose to refer to the valley proper . The valley from here to Fort Quitman , with- out following the meanderings of the river , but where you could run the shortest road , to the end of this valley is 92 miles . That ...
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... proper way , when they may be requested , to the officers of the Interior Depart- ment in charge of the Geological Survey on that part of the Rio Grande 60 miles north and 60 miles south of the El Paso , Texas , this survey having for ...
... proper way , when they may be requested , to the officers of the Interior Depart- ment in charge of the Geological Survey on that part of the Rio Grande 60 miles north and 60 miles south of the El Paso , Texas , this survey having for ...
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... proper , $ 100,000 for the condemnation of the 50,000 acres of land to be submerged , and $ 100,000 for the removal of some 15 miles of the road - bed of the Atchison , Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad to bluffs above the old bed of the ...
... proper , $ 100,000 for the condemnation of the 50,000 acres of land to be submerged , and $ 100,000 for the removal of some 15 miles of the road - bed of the Atchison , Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad to bluffs above the old bed of the ...
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... proper , conditioned only that the Mexican Government shall appropriate a sufficient sum to cover the expense of constructing the other half of the dam and accept this action on the part of the United States as full indemnification for ...
... proper , conditioned only that the Mexican Government shall appropriate a sufficient sum to cover the expense of constructing the other half of the dam and accept this action on the part of the United States as full indemnification for ...
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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