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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... valley proper that is affected by these conditions . Within the valley above Las Cruces , Mesilla , San Marcial , and Albuquerque there is an arid country with a population surely of not less than 30,000 who are directly affected by the ...
... valley proper that is affected by these conditions . Within the valley above Las Cruces , Mesilla , San Marcial , and Albuquerque there is an arid country with a population surely of not less than 30,000 who are directly affected by the ...
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... Valley , and then through the caņons of northern New Mexico , coming out on the valley and plains below . The CHAIRMAN . What other irrigating enterprises have been inau- gurated or contemplated in New Mexico besides those waters ...
... Valley , and then through the caņons of northern New Mexico , coming out on the valley and plains below . The CHAIRMAN . What other irrigating enterprises have been inau- gurated or contemplated in New Mexico besides those waters ...
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... Valley . The CHAIRMAN . There is a large amount of land that could be brought under cultivation from the various streams of which you have spoken and the reservoirs that might be built ? Mr. STREERUWITZ . There is a large valley ...
... Valley . The CHAIRMAN . There is a large amount of land that could be brought under cultivation from the various streams of which you have spoken and the reservoirs that might be built ? Mr. STREERUWITZ . There is a large valley ...
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... valley of the Rio Grande , between here and Socorro , just 200 miles distant , I have seen lakes from 1 to 4 miles ... valley proper . Mr. CROSBY . I am speaking of the valley proper . I now propose to refer to the valley proper . The ...
... valley of the Rio Grande , between here and Socorro , just 200 miles distant , I have seen lakes from 1 to 4 miles ... valley proper . Mr. CROSBY . I am speaking of the valley proper . I now propose to refer to the valley proper . The ...
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... valley below El Paso , some 12 miles in width and 20 miles long , the river , as was plainly evident at the time I was surveying the land , had made a sudden change from the bluffs on the eastern or Texan side to the western or Mexican ...
... valley below El Paso , some 12 miles in width and 20 miles long , the river , as was plainly evident at the time I was surveying the land , had made a sudden change from the bluffs on the eastern or Texan side to the western or Mexican ...
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