Annual Report, Volume 1

Front Cover
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916

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Contents

Territories____
91
Report of the Secretary of the InteriorContinued
113
Report of the Secretary of the InteriorContinued
140
Appendix A Development of our mineral resources
153
Worlds production of pig iron in 1913_
159
One man with one metalcutting machine equipped with tungsten high
172
Growth in annual production of Portland cement in the United States
187
Curve showing production and exportation of phosphate rock 19041913_
193
Curves showing growth in quantity and value of salt produced in
200
Production of sheet mica in 1880 and 1913 compared
206
National park statistics__
215
Area of lands entered and patented__
225
Ferry or Caddo Lake oil lands in Louisiana___
232
Map compiling and drafting
248
Report of the Commissioner of the General Land OfficeContinued Page
254
General
343
Statistical tables_
351
Functions and organization of the bureau_
385
School buildings and school sanitation__
391
Statement of the Commissioner of EducationContinued Page
394
Special features
429
Map of the United States showing areas covered by geologic maps pub
464
Report of the Director of the United States Geological SurveyContinued
527
Map of the United States showing areas covered by topographic surveys
536
Work of the yearContinued Page
589
Purpose and aims of the Bureau of Mines____
601
Some benefits from the work of the bureau__
607
Report of the Director of the Bureau of MinesContinued
611
Some urgent needs of the bureau___
619
Organization chart of the Bureau of Mines__
624
Progress of investigations
631
Report of the Director of the Bureau of MinesContinued
638
Report of the Director of the Bureau of MinesContinued
663
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673
Officers of the hospital
703
Officers of the institution__
752
Exercises of presentation day
758
Appendix DReport of the president to the board of directors_
765
Appendix ERegulations
772
Statistical tables___
778
Financial statements____
799
43
800
Roster of officers
812
Page
816
Capitol Plaza__
831
Expenditures
838
Continued Page
889
Regulations governing the distribution of animals from the Yel
895
Map of Yellowstone National Park__
896
General statement
907
Forest fires____
913
Concessions___
920
Report of chief electrician__
927
Map of Yosemite National Park____
928
Report of the superintendent of the Yosemite National ParkContinued Page
930
General statement
941
Map of Sequoia and General Grant Parks_
944
Mammals
945
Excerpt from the act making appropriations for the sundry civil
958
Report of the supervisor of the Mount Rainier National ParkCon Page
962
Rules and regulations
970
Report of the superintendent of the Mesa Verde National Park_
977
Rules and regulations of March 30 1912__
983
Office of the Solicitor
985
Map showing railroad routes to Mesa Verde and Rocky Mountain
988
General statement_
991
Concessions
997
General statement
1007
Map of the Glacier National Park_
1008
Concessions___
1011
General statement
1025
Summary
1033
General statement_
1039
Map of Wind Cave National Park
1040
Movement of live stock_
1043
Report on Sullys Hill Park Casa Grande Ruin the Muir Woods Petri
1049
Diagram showing Sullys Hill Park North Dakota____
1051
Diagram showing Montezuma Castle National Monument Arizona_
1060
Diagram showing Muir Woods National Monument California__
1066
Diagram showing Shoshone Cavern National Monument Wyoming
1073
Diagram showing Rainbow Bridge National Monument Utah___
1079
Diagram showing Navajo National Monument Arizona___
1086
Diagram showing Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument New Mexico__
1092
Diagram showing Wheeler National Monument Colorado____
1099
General statement __
1113
Forest fires___
1119
Continued Page
1120
History
1131
Map showing courses for Oertel system of mountain climbing
1136
Employees
1137
Radioactivity of the waters__
1145
Map of a portion of Hot Springs
1152

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Page 276 - That five per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands lying within said State which shall be sold by the United States subsequent to the admission of said State into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to the said State, to be used as a permanent fund, the interest of which only shall be expended for the support of the common schools within said State.
Page 1052 - States is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated upon the lands owned or controlled by the Government of the United States to be national monuments...
Page 663 - British thermal unit is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1° F.
Page 470 - New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia. 2. The...
Page 1079 - Interior, who shall administer and protect the same under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved June 8, 1906, entitled "An Act for the preservation of American antiquities...
Page 1044 - Hunting or killing, wounding, or capturing any bird or wild animal on the park lands, except dangerous animals when necessary to prevent them from destroying life or inflicting an injury, is prohibited. The outfits, including guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation used by persons engaged in hunting, killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such birds or wild animals, or in possession of game killed on the park lands under...
Page 536 - Harrison, the area mapped being 30 square miles, for publication on the scale of 1 :62,500, with a contour interval of 20 feet. For the control of the...
Page 974 - An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States...
Page 457 - Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination of the Geological Structure, mineral resources and products of the national domain...
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