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Page 11
... shows nicely the topography of the country a few miles back from the Little Missouri thirty miles south of Medora . XIV . A twenty - foot lignite seam outcropping in Township 133 , Range 104 , Section 20 . XV . A fourteen - foot lignite ...
... shows nicely the topography of the country a few miles back from the Little Missouri thirty miles south of Medora . XIV . A twenty - foot lignite seam outcropping in Township 133 , Range 104 , Section 20 . XV . A fourteen - foot lignite ...
Page 12
... shows the way in which the lignite seam is cut out by an old valley , a phenomenon observed a mile north of this mine , though not at this exact point . 10. Showing lignite seams at Elbowoods on the Indian reservation . FIGURES 11 ...
... shows the way in which the lignite seam is cut out by an old valley , a phenomenon observed a mile north of this mine , though not at this exact point . 10. Showing lignite seams at Elbowoods on the Indian reservation . FIGURES 11 ...
Page 21
... Survey has been carried out by Professor Babcock and Miss Bisbee . The amount has been con- siderable as the number of analyses given shows . The calori- metric tests of the lignite have been made by them ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS . 21.
... Survey has been carried out by Professor Babcock and Miss Bisbee . The amount has been con- siderable as the number of analyses given shows . The calori- metric tests of the lignite have been made by them ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS . 21.
Page 28
... show a remarkable increase . BRICK . The output of clay goods shows a remarkable increase for the past year . At least two new yards were established in 1902. In spite of this , however , the state is probably using more brick than it ...
... show a remarkable increase . BRICK . The output of clay goods shows a remarkable increase for the past year . At least two new yards were established in 1902. In spite of this , however , the state is probably using more brick than it ...
Page 29
... shows the variety of prod- uct of the Dickinson Fire and Pressed Brick company . Brick made from April 1 to October 30 , 1902 . KIND NUMBER VALUE Pressed facing and common Ornamental brick .. 934,000 3,500 $ 11,208.00 350.00 Well ...
... shows the variety of prod- uct of the Dickinson Fire and Pressed Brick company . Brick made from April 1 to October 30 , 1902 . KIND NUMBER VALUE Pressed facing and common Ornamental brick .. 934,000 3,500 $ 11,208.00 350.00 Well ...
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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...