Biennial Report - State Geological Survey of North Dakota, Issue 1The Survey, 1902 |
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Page 32
... outcrops along the Missouri river has been utilized for foundations in Washburn . In Emmons county some- sandstone has been used for building , especially at Linton . Small quantities of sandstone have been used at Dickinson . Large ...
... outcrops along the Missouri river has been utilized for foundations in Washburn . In Emmons county some- sandstone has been used for building , especially at Linton . Small quantities of sandstone have been used at Dickinson . Large ...
Page 48
North Dakota Geological Survey. in was seen and measured during the past summer , outcrops in Township 135 , Range 101 , Section 31 , and will be described connection with the lignite of Billings county . On government land in Township ...
North Dakota Geological Survey. in was seen and measured during the past summer , outcrops in Township 135 , Range 101 , Section 31 , and will be described connection with the lignite of Billings county . On government land in Township ...
Page 52
... outcrop , the converse will as often prove true . The coal seams being in gen- eral lens - like , it is impossible to determine whether the outcrops represent a section near the edge of the lens or across the center . In the former case ...
... outcrop , the converse will as often prove true . The coal seams being in gen- eral lens - like , it is impossible to determine whether the outcrops represent a section near the edge of the lens or across the center . In the former case ...
Page 58
... outcrops at a number of points . Three miles from Avoca is the old Taylor mine which for one year supplied fuel for Fort Buford . It is illustrated with overlying clays and thinner lignite seams , in figure 3 , the formations ...
... outcrops at a number of points . Three miles from Avoca is the old Taylor mine which for one year supplied fuel for Fort Buford . It is illustrated with overlying clays and thinner lignite seams , in figure 3 , the formations ...
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... outcrops at a number of points . Three miles north of the Dahl mine in the bed of Crazy Man's creek is a spring which fills a three inch pipe with a strong stream of good drinking water rises out of a lignite seam , three feet of which ...
... outcrops at a number of points . Three miles north of the Dahl mine in the bed of Crazy Man's creek is a spring which fills a three inch pipe with a strong stream of good drinking water rises out of a lignite seam , three feet of which ...
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acres amount analysis Archean Average bank Billings county bluffs boiler boulders brick burned carbon Ash Total clay seam Coteau du Missouri coulee creek Cretaceous Dakota Geological Survey deposits Devils lake drainage drift east eastern elevation engine entry erosion evaporated exposures feet thick fire Fixed carbon Ash fuel glacial gravel Heart river hills inches irrigation Kenmare Lacs Lake Agassiz land Laramie clays layer Lehigh lignite area lignite coal lignite seams Little Missouri Mandan matter Fixed carbon Medora miles north mines Minot Missouri river moisture moraine Mouse river North Dakota North Dakota Geological Northern Pacific opening output Plate portion pounds prairie pump quantities railroad ranch Range Red river valley region reported samples sand sandstone seams of lignite Section Sentinel Butte shaft shale shows slope strata streams summer surface terrace three miles tion tons Township Trace tributaries Turtle mountains Volatile matter Fixed Ward county Washburn White Earth winter
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Page 187 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding 160 acres to any one landowner...
Page 233 - Every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States...
Page 184 - Interior that any irrigation project is practicable, he may cause to be let contracts for the construction of the same, in such portions or sections as it may be practicable to construct and complete as parts of the whole project, providing the necessary funds for such portions or sections are available in the reclamation fund...
Page 233 - ... and pay for the lands filed upon within one year from the time prescribed for filing their respective claims ; and upon failure to file the proper notice or to pay for the land within the required period, the same shall be subject to entry by any other qualified applicant.
Page 184 - That all lands entered and entries made under the homestead laws within areas so withdrawn during such withdrawal shall be subject to all the provisions, limitations, charges, terms, and conditions of this act; that said surveys shall be prosecuted diligently to completion, and upon the completion thereof, and of the necessary maps, plans, and estimates of cost, the Secretary of the Interior shall determine whether or not said project is practicable and advisable, and if determined to be impracticable...
Page 184 - 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 188 - Act shall be appurtenant to the land irrigated, and beneficial use shall be the basis, the measure, and the limit of the right.
Page 184 - ... and the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, at or immediately prior to the time of beginning the surveys for any contemplated irrigation works, to withdraw from entry, except under the homestead laws, any public lands believed to be susceptible of irrigation from said works...
Page 187 - That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to use the reclamation fund for the operation and maintenance of all reservoirs and irrigation works constructed under the provisions of this act ; Provided, That when the payments required by this act are made for the major portion of the lands irrigated from the waters...
Page 188 - That it is hereby declared to be the duty of the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, so far as the same may be practicable and subject to the existence of feasible irrigation projects, to expend the major portion of the funds arising from the sale of public lands within each State and Territory hereinbefore named for the benefit of arid and semi-arid lands within the limits of such State or Territory...