Biennial ReportThe Survey, 1902 |
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Page 26
... reported in 1901 . The following tables , taken from the United States bulletin ,. " The Production of Coal in 1901 , " present interesting data : Coal Product of North Dakota in 1901 , by Counties . COUNTY Burleigh and Emmons 35,836 ...
... reported in 1901 . The following tables , taken from the United States bulletin ,. " The Production of Coal in 1901 , " present interesting data : Coal Product of North Dakota in 1901 , by Counties . COUNTY Burleigh and Emmons 35,836 ...
Page 59
... reported as outcropping continuously for 300 feet . · Three miles southwest of Williston , on the south side of the river , is a cut bank which shows a number of coal seams . The series given at this point is illustrated by the section ...
... reported as outcropping continuously for 300 feet . · Three miles southwest of Williston , on the south side of the river , is a cut bank which shows a number of coal seams . The series given at this point is illustrated by the section ...
Page 60
... reported by Mr. J. S. Field as showing at nearly every bend in the creek for three miles . are The lignite about Hofflund , Grinnell and Nesson was studied by Mr. L. H. Wood , and the results of his investigations given in connection ...
... reported by Mr. J. S. Field as showing at nearly every bend in the creek for three miles . are The lignite about Hofflund , Grinnell and Nesson was studied by Mr. L. H. Wood , and the results of his investigations given in connection ...
Page 70
... reported as showing abundantly along this portion of its course . Beginning six miles from its mouth , the stream was followed west for two miles and a number of good exposures were examined . At this point its bed is approximately 200 ...
... reported as showing abundantly along this portion of its course . Beginning six miles from its mouth , the stream was followed west for two miles and a number of good exposures were examined . At this point its bed is approximately 200 ...
Page 63
... reported as not in operation this year . yearly , four The O'Brien mine , one Other openings are reported in Burleigh county both east and west of Wilton . At the Casino mine , four miles southwest of nine feet of lignite are said to ...
... reported as not in operation this year . yearly , four The O'Brien mine , one Other openings are reported in Burleigh county both east and west of Wilton . At the Casino mine , four miles southwest of nine feet of lignite are said to ...
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abundant acres amount bad lands bank beds Billings county bluffs boulders brick burned Cannon Ball carbon Ash Total cent clay seam clay shale Coteau du Missouri coulee creek Cretaceous Dakota Geological Survey deposits depth Devils lake Dickinson drainage drift east eastern elevation entry erosion exposures feet thick Fixed carbon Ash flats flow formation fuel glacial gravel gray Heart river hills inches irrigation Kenmare Knife river Lacs Laramie clays Laramie formation layers lignite area lignite seams Little Missouri matter Fixed carbon Medora miles north mines Minot Missouri river moraine Mouse river North Dakota North Dakota Geological Northern Pacific railroad Plate portion pumping railroad ranch Range Red river region river valley sand sandstone sandy clay seams of lignite Section Sentinel Butte Sheyenne river shows slopes strata stream summer surface terraces tion tons topography Township tributaries Turtle mountains Volatile matter Fixed Ward county White Earth Williston
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Page 237 - Every person above the age of twenty-one years, who is a citizen of the United States...
Page 189 - 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 185 - 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 in the...
Page 186 - 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 189 - ... 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, and the Secretary of the Interior, in carrying out the provisions of this Act, shall proceed in conformity with such laws, and nothing herein shall in any way affect any right of any State or of the Federal Government or of any landowner, appropriator, or user of water in, to, or from any interstate stream or the waters thereof.
Page 186 - That upon the determination by the Secretary of the 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...
Page 185 - 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 186 - ... 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 186 - ... 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 189 - 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...