Extracts from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior Relating to the Bureau of Reclamation, Issue 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1904 |
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Page 54
... average annual rainfall is less than 9 inches , and nonirrigated lands are not worth over $ 10 an acre . The same lands irrigated and developed by orchards and vine- yards are worth approximately $ 500 an acre , and frequently yield net ...
... average annual rainfall is less than 9 inches , and nonirrigated lands are not worth over $ 10 an acre . The same lands irrigated and developed by orchards and vine- yards are worth approximately $ 500 an acre , and frequently yield net ...
Page 93
... average width of about 5 miles . About 200,000 acres of this area have passed from Government control , and it is esti- mated that 60,000 acres still under Government title and 50,000 acres a Extract from report by J. C. Clausen . of ...
... average width of about 5 miles . About 200,000 acres of this area have passed from Government control , and it is esti- mated that 60,000 acres still under Government title and 50,000 acres a Extract from report by J. C. Clausen . of ...
Page 102
... average for the Puta Creek Basin , as it has a larger percentage of high mountains within its area . Feet 1200 1175 1150 1125 1100 1075 100 200 300 400 500 000 feet FIG . 7. - Cross section of Guenoc dam site . If the minimum rainfall ...
... average for the Puta Creek Basin , as it has a larger percentage of high mountains within its area . Feet 1200 1175 1150 1125 1100 1075 100 200 300 400 500 000 feet FIG . 7. - Cross section of Guenoc dam site . If the minimum rainfall ...
Page 107
... average width would be three - quarters of a mile . This would probably store 25,000 acre - feet of water if there was an adequate supply . There was no water running in September , 1903. The topographic map shows a drainage area of 15 ...
... average width would be three - quarters of a mile . This would probably store 25,000 acre - feet of water if there was an adequate supply . There was no water running in September , 1903. The topographic map shows a drainage area of 15 ...
Page 109
... average width of 3,000 feet ; the estimated capacity being 40,000 acre - feet . The drainage basin ranges in elevation from 4,800 to 8,600 feet , and CALIFORNIA : PITT RIVER RECONNAISSANCE . 109 Jess Valley reservoir site West Valley ...
... average width of 3,000 feet ; the estimated capacity being 40,000 acre - feet . The drainage basin ranges in elevation from 4,800 to 8,600 feet , and CALIFORNIA : PITT RIVER RECONNAISSANCE . 109 Jess Valley reservoir site West Valley ...
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Page 22 - An act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an act of Congress approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two...
Page 33 - 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 22 - That all moneys received from the sale and disposal of public lands in Arizona, California, Colorado. Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota...
Page 22 - 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 semi-arid lands...
Page 23 - No right to the use of water for land in private ownership shall be sold for a tract exceeding one hundred and sixty acres to any one landowner, and no such sale shall be made to any landowner unless he be an actual bona fide resident on such land, or occupant thereof residing in the neighborhood of said land, and no such right shall permanently attach until all payments therefor are made.
Page 25 - 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 all facts relative to the...
Page 23 - ... a failure to make any two payments when due shall render the entry subject to cancellation, with the forfeiture of all rights under this Act, as well as of any moneys already paid thereon.
Page 500 - Gate, and two canals, one on the north and one on the south side of the river, constructed.
Page 23 - ... 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 23 - ... 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.