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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... surveys , and will designate reservoir sites , lines of ditches , etc. , and will make estimates of the cost of construction , for the pur- pose of informing the people where they can make homes . The Gov- ernment will reserve all the ...
... surveys , and will designate reservoir sites , lines of ditches , etc. , and will make estimates of the cost of construction , for the pur- pose of informing the people where they can make homes . The Gov- ernment will reserve all the ...
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... surveys were made , ran here [ indicating ] . I might state that I was appointed to the army from this town , and was pre- viously the surveyor for this district and surveyed all the land from the New Mexican boundary down to El Paso ...
... surveys were made , ran here [ indicating ] . I might state that I was appointed to the army from this town , and was pre- viously the surveyor for this district and surveyed all the land from the New Mexican boundary down to El Paso ...
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... surveys and ascertained who owned the land , to get a proposition from the land owners stating how much they would pay for permanent water rights if the water were brought in by the Government ? Major MILLS . That would be practicable ...
... surveys and ascertained who owned the land , to get a proposition from the land owners stating how much they would pay for permanent water rights if the water were brought in by the Government ? Major MILLS . That would be practicable ...
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... survey of the land that would be irri- gated , I received an appointment to make the surveys of those lands and to make the location of the canal . So that the Mexican Govern- ment is perfectly acquainted with Major Mills's project ...
... survey of the land that would be irri- gated , I received an appointment to make the surveys of those lands and to make the location of the canal . So that the Mexican Govern- ment is perfectly acquainted with Major Mills's project ...
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... Survey . The CHAIRMAN . You have been making surveys in this country ? Mr. FOLLETT . I made the survey for the lake and these maps that have been presented . I made that above the town ; the one below was made by the county surveyor ...
... Survey . The CHAIRMAN . You have been making surveys in this country ? Mr. FOLLETT . I made the survey for the lake and these maps that have been presented . I made that above the town ; the one below was made by the county surveyor ...
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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