Biennial ReportThe Survey, 1902 |
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Page 11
... twenty- five miles north of Sentinel Butte . V. Sandstone at the top of Sentinel Butte . VI . A cross - section of central Billings county through Medora and Sentinel Butte , somewhat generalized , showing the nature of the lignite ...
... twenty- five miles north of Sentinel Butte . V. Sandstone at the top of Sentinel Butte . VI . A cross - section of central Billings county through Medora and Sentinel Butte , somewhat generalized , showing the nature of the lignite ...
Page 31
... twenty men are employed during the active season . Considerable work is done at the factory during the winter months . During the past year the output was 8,000 barrels . It is hoped that it will be increased to 50,000 during the coming ...
... twenty men are employed during the active season . Considerable work is done at the factory during the winter months . During the past year the output was 8,000 barrels . It is hoped that it will be increased to 50,000 during the coming ...
Page 33
... twenty - five miles southeast of Val- ley City , and at other points nearly as far east , workable seams are not found , except in the Turtle mountains , till the center of the state is reached . The plateau known as the Turtle moun ...
... twenty - five miles southeast of Val- ley City , and at other points nearly as far east , workable seams are not found , except in the Turtle mountains , till the center of the state is reached . The plateau known as the Turtle moun ...
Page 35
... twenty miles wide , lying about midway between the Missouri river and the " Soo " road in the northern half of the state , then with the river bending toward the south and continuing thirty or forty miles east of it , to the southern ...
... twenty miles wide , lying about midway between the Missouri river and the " Soo " road in the northern half of the state , then with the river bending toward the south and continuing thirty or forty miles east of it , to the southern ...
Page 36
... twenty - five feet higher , is perhaps larger than either of the others . These terraces are generally faced with steep bluffs , and , like the country back of them are cut up into the " breaks " , which are the characteristic feature ...
... twenty - five feet higher , is perhaps larger than either of the others . These terraces are generally faced with steep bluffs , and , like the country back of them are cut up into the " breaks " , which are the characteristic feature ...
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abundant acres amount analysis Archean bank Billings county bluffs boiler boulders brick burned CENT clay seam considerable Coteau du Missouri coulee creek Cretaceous Dakota Geological Survey deposits depth Devils Lake drainage drift east eastern elevation entry erosion evaporated exposures FEET INCHES feet thick Fixed carbon fuel glacial gravel Gulch Heart river hills irrigation Kenmare Lacs Laramie clays layer Lehigh lignite area Lignite Coal lignite outcrops lignite seams Little Knife river Little Missouri Medora miles north mines Minot Missouri river moisture moraine Mouse river North Dakota North Dakota Geological number of points occur 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 Sheyenne shows slope strata streams summer surface terrace three miles tion tons Total Township Trace tributaries Turtle mountains Volatile matter Ward county Washburn western White Earth winter
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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...