Extracts from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Bureau of Reclamation, Issue 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1903 |
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... acre - feet for material in the month , acre - feet for the month . ber 31 3,600 1.54 000428 7,916 3.39 1902 . January a .. 3 , 100 1135.0000366 6,119 July 400 39 August 3 , 100 296 83.92 .02707 48 , 698 1,318 . 25 Septemberb December ...
... acre - feet for material in the month , acre - feet for the month . ber 31 3,600 1.54 000428 7,916 3.39 1902 . January a .. 3 , 100 1135.0000366 6,119 July 400 39 August 3 , 100 296 83.92 .02707 48 , 698 1,318 . 25 Septemberb December ...
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... acre - feet of solid matter . It is estimated that 20 per cent of this can be drawn off with irrigating water , leav- ing 6,000 acre - feet deposited in the reservoir . Experience in hydraulic mining indicates that by the proposed ...
... acre - feet of solid matter . It is estimated that 20 per cent of this can be drawn off with irrigating water , leav- ing 6,000 acre - feet deposited in the reservoir . Experience in hydraulic mining indicates that by the proposed ...
Page 80
... acres of arid lands in public or private owner- ship . The capacity of the reservoir is 240,000 acre - feet . The flood water stored will be turned back into the river and will flow through rocky canyons to the point of diversion ...
... acres of arid lands in public or private owner- ship . The capacity of the reservoir is 240,000 acre - feet . The flood water stored will be turned back into the river and will flow through rocky canyons to the point of diversion ...
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... feet to 1 inch and with 10 - foot contours . The field work was largely executed by Mr. E. G. Hamilton and Mr. C. R. ... Acre - feet . @ 261 , 735 Proportional discharge of Salt River at Arizona dam . 1889 . 742 , 028 Do. 1890 .. 1 , 186 ...
... feet to 1 inch and with 10 - foot contours . The field work was largely executed by Mr. E. G. Hamilton and Mr. C. R. ... Acre - feet . @ 261 , 735 Proportional discharge of Salt River at Arizona dam . 1889 . 742 , 028 Do. 1890 .. 1 , 186 ...
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... feet above the dam site , and the water diverted into a large flume and carried along the east side of the river ... acre - feet . Cost per acre - foot capacity , $ 8.74 . 10,000 20,000 180,000 209 , 331 20,000 1,624 , 871 A. DRILLING ...
... feet above the dam site , and the water diverted into a large flume and carried along the east side of the river ... acre - feet . Cost per acre - foot capacity , $ 8.74 . 10,000 20,000 180,000 209 , 331 20,000 1,624 , 871 A. DRILLING ...
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Page 46 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 63 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or to in any way interfere with the laws of any State or Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water used in irrigation, or any vested right acquired thereunder...
Page 65 - That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado. Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico...
Page 73 - Provided: That the right to the use of water acquired under the provisions of this Act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right.
Page 46 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Page 53 - Territory, which shall have filed, or may hereafter file, with the Secretary of the Interior a copy of its articles of incorporation, and due proofs of its organization under the same...
Page 48 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the. public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights.
Page 61 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make examinations and surveys for, and to locate and construct, as herein provided, irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters, including artesian wells, and to report to Congress at the beginning of each regular session as to the results of such examinations and surveys, giving estimates of cost of all contemplated works, the quantity and location of the lands which can be irrigated therefrom, and...
Page 56 - That the Secretary of the Interior be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, under general regulations to be fixed by him, to permit the use of rights of way through the public lands, forest and other reservations of the United .States...
Page 61 - reclamation fund," to be used in the examination and survey for and the construction and maintenance of irrigation works for the storage, diversion, and development of waters for the reclamation of arid and semiarid lands...