Biennial ReportThe Survey, 1902 |
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Page 36
... ironstone . Rising above the average level of the bad lands are the low and high buttes . The low buttes rise to a height of one hun- " dred and fifty feet . Many of them are 36 THE LIGNITE COAL FIELDS OF NORTH DAKOTA The Bad lands.
... ironstone . Rising above the average level of the bad lands are the low and high buttes . The low buttes rise to a height of one hun- " dred and fifty feet . Many of them are 36 THE LIGNITE COAL FIELDS OF NORTH DAKOTA The Bad lands.
Page 36
... ironstone . Rising above the average level of the bad lands are the low and high buttes . The low buttes rise to a height of one hun1 " dred and fifty feet . Many of them are 36 THE LIGNITE COAL FIELDS OF NORTH DAKOTA The Bad lands.
... ironstone . Rising above the average level of the bad lands are the low and high buttes . The low buttes rise to a height of one hun1 " dred and fifty feet . Many of them are 36 THE LIGNITE COAL FIELDS OF NORTH DAKOTA The Bad lands.
Page 51
... average somewhat better than the samples indicate , for in many cases perfectly fresh material could not be secured , and the weathering on the surface of a natural exposure is sufficient to lessen the carbon values for a number of feet ...
... average somewhat better than the samples indicate , for in many cases perfectly fresh material could not be secured , and the weathering on the surface of a natural exposure is sufficient to lessen the carbon values for a number of feet ...
Page 57
... average prairie level is about that of the Dahl mine , and very possibly it repre- sents the same seam . Observations made at many points within the lignite area , however , show that such a deduction is not safe . It may represent an ...
... average prairie level is about that of the Dahl mine , and very possibly it repre- sents the same seam . Observations made at many points within the lignite area , however , show that such a deduction is not safe . It may represent an ...
Page 61
... average thick- ness of eleven feet having been demonstrated in a considerable area by drilling . Whether the seam extends southeast continu- ously to the Ecklund mine , which is two miles away , is uncertain . From six to eight feet of ...
... average thick- ness of eleven feet having been demonstrated in a considerable area by drilling . Whether the seam extends southeast continu- ously to the Ecklund mine , which is two miles away , is uncertain . From six to eight feet of ...
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Page 200 - 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 197 - 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 200 - That when the payments required by this Act are made for the major portion of the lands irrigated from the waters of any of the works herein provided for, then the management and operation of such irrigation •works shall pass to the owners of the lands irrigated thereby...
Page 197 - 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, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming...
Page 197 - 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 200 - ... then the management and operation of 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...
Page 198 - That the Secretary of the Interior shall, before giving the public notice provided for in section four of this act, withdraw from public entry the lands required for any irrigation works contemplated under the provisions of this act, and shall restore to public entry any of the lands so withdrawn when, in his judgment, such lands are not required for the purposes of this act...
Page 196 - ... canals impracticable for private enterprise. These irrigation works should be built by the National Government. The lands reclaimed by them should be reserved by the Government for actual settlers, and the cost of construction should so far as possible be repaid by the land reclaimed.
Page 200 - That nothing in this act shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or to in any way interfere with the laws of any State or Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use, or distribution of water used in irrigation...
Page 200 - ... 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. The annual installments shall be paid to the receiver of the local land office of the district in which the land is situated...