Report of the Governor of Arizona Made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1898 |
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... Canyon of the Colorado , while an oak ( Quercus toumeyi ) is only found on the Mule Mountains . FORESTS OF ARIZONA . General remarks .-- The forests of Arizona are sonorian in character , and belong to the interior forest area , which ...
... Canyon of the Colorado , while an oak ( Quercus toumeyi ) is only found on the Mule Mountains . FORESTS OF ARIZONA . General remarks .-- The forests of Arizona are sonorian in character , and belong to the interior forest area , which ...
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... Canyon . But the chief region of occurrence of the precious metals , of copper , of lead , and of other metals and min- erals , lies southwestward from the Grand Canyon region and of the great lava dis- tricts around the extinct ...
... Canyon . But the chief region of occurrence of the precious metals , of copper , of lead , and of other metals and min- erals , lies southwestward from the Grand Canyon region and of the great lava dis- tricts around the extinct ...
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... canyon , which has cut down into the rocks and reveals an extensive formation of red sandstone and quartzite , probably of Cambrian age . The ledge varies from 18 inches to 5 and even 10 feet in thickness , and has been extensively ...
... canyon , which has cut down into the rocks and reveals an extensive formation of red sandstone and quartzite , probably of Cambrian age . The ledge varies from 18 inches to 5 and even 10 feet in thickness , and has been extensively ...
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... Canyon . Many claims have been located . Mr. P. J. Hand , of Lochiel , has sunk 50 feet on one of his claims . Good placer ground is reported to exist in the vicinity of the Harper mine , and good wages have been made by miners working ...
... Canyon . Many claims have been located . Mr. P. J. Hand , of Lochiel , has sunk 50 feet on one of his claims . Good placer ground is reported to exist in the vicinity of the Harper mine , and good wages have been made by miners working ...
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... canyon on almost the extreme south edge of Cochise County , about 6 miles from the Mexican line . It is owned by the ... canyon for at least a mile , but the town proper is centered immediately east and south of the big smelting plant ...
... canyon on almost the extreme south edge of Cochise County , about 6 miles from the Mexican line . It is owned by the ... canyon for at least a mile , but the town proper is centered immediately east and south of the big smelting plant ...
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Page 13 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to perform any and all acts and to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper for the purpose of carrying the provisions of this act into full force and effect.
Page 12 - 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 12 - ... shall give public notice of the lands irrigable under such project and limit of area per entry, which limit shall represent the acreage which, in the opinion of the Secretary, may be reasonably required for the support of a family upon the lands in question...
Page 11 - as used in this act shall be understood to mean that certain act of the Congress of the United States approved June 17, 1902, entitled ' An act appropriating the receipts from the sale and disposal of public lands in •certain States and Territories to the construction of irrigation works for the reclamation of arid lands,' and the acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto.
Page 12 - ... such irrigation works shall pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby, to be maintained at their expense under such form of organization and under such rules and regulations as may be acceptable to the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the title to and the management and operation of the reservoirs and the works necessary for their protection and operation shall remain in the Government until otherwise provided by Congress.
Page 11 - ... per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands in the above States set aside by law for educational and other purposes, shall be, and the same are hereby, reserved, set aside, and appropriated as a special fund in the Treasury to be known as the "reclamation fund...
Page 12 - That where in carrying out the provisions of this act it becomes necessary to acquire any rights or property, the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to acquire the same for the United States by purchase or by condemnation under judicial process, and to pay from the reclamation fund the sums which may be needed for that purpose...
Page 12 - ... also of the charges which shall be made per acre upon the said entries and upon lands in private ownership which may be irrigated by the waters of the said irrigation project, and the number of annual installments, not exceeding ten, in which such charges shall be paid and the time when such payments shall commence. The said charges shall be determined with a view of returning to the reclamation fund the estimated cost of construction of the project...
Page 128 - ... the name of the claim, and the name of the owner or claimant of said claim at whose expense the same was made or performed. Such affidavit, or a copy thereof, duly certified by the county recorder, shall be prima facie evidence of the performance of such labor or the making of such improvements, or both.
Page 11 - ... to withdraw from entry, except under the homestead laws, any public lands believed to be susceptible of irrigation from said works...