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Public water supplies in eastern Texas
Raymond W. Sundstrom, W.W. Hastings, W. L. Broadhurst
1948, Water Supply Paper 1047
This report gives a summarized description of the public water supplies in 77 counties of eastern Texas, extending from the Louisiana boundary to a northsouth line approximately along the ninety-seventh meridian. It gives the available data as follows for each of 323 communities: The population of the community; the name...
Gold deposits of the southern Piedmont
J. T. Pardee, C. F. Park Jr.
1948, Professional Paper 213
This report deals chiefly with the gold mines in the Southern Appalachian gold belt whose workings were accessible at the time of examination, but it also · summarizes available information concerning many mines that were not accessible. Most of the mines lie within a belt, 10 to 100 miles wide,...
Geology of the Southern Guadalupe Mountains, Texas
Philip B. King
1948, Professional Paper 215
This report deals with an area of 425 square miles in the western part of Texas, immediately south of the New Mexico line. The area comprises the south end of the Guadalupe Mountains and the adjacent part of the Delaware Mountains; it includes the highest peaks in the State of...
Tests and researches on building stones
M. R. L’Hermite
1948, Open-File Report 48-17-E
In 1941, the "Association Francaise de Normalisation" (French Association of Standardization) decided to create a Commission for the purpose of writing out a standard for building stones. When this Commission met under the chairmanship of Mr. Pol Abraham, Architect, they realized how far behind was our precise technical knowledge of...
Choice of materials most suitable for ballast
Leo Maddalena
1948, Open-File Report 48-17-A
"Choice of materials most suitable for ballast", by Leo Maddalena, describes the properties needed for good railroad ballast material. Important rocks of Italy and general rock types, such as granite, syenite, lavas, sandstones and limestones, are considered with respect to their structure, texture, compaction, accessory elements, porosity, alteration, and strength....
Protection of roads against rock falls
Leo Maddalena
1948, Open-File Report 48-17-C
"Protection of roads against rock falls", by Leo Maddalena, describes the relation between rock falls and the degree of fissuring and the mineralogy of the rocks involved. The characteristics of various types of rocks are outlined and suitable types of protection described....
Special problem caused by the epigenetic alterations of Liassic rocks
Henry Joly, Ninck Joly
1948, Open-File Report 48-17-B
"Special problem caused by the epigenetic alterations of Liassic rocks", by Henry Joly and Ninck, describes damages to the foundation of a building in Nancy due to swelling of a Jurassic shale bed. The swelling was due to the formation of calcium sulphate by chemical reaction of constituents of the...
Flood of September 1946 at San Antonio, Texas
Seth D. Breeding
1948, Circular 32
A flood occurred in the streams in and near San Antonio, Teat., during the early morning hours of September 27, 1946, as a result of heavy rains falling during the previous night. Much property damage occurred in San Antonio and below, and four lives were lost. . It is the...
Index of surface-water records, part 3, Ohio River basin, to September 30, 1948
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1948, Circular 39
This report summarizes ground-water-quality data, for Wisconsin, stored in the U.S. Geological Survey 's computer system (WATSTORE). The summary includes water-quality data for 2,443 wells which tap one of the State 's three major aquifers (sand and gravel, Silurian dolomite, and sandstone). Data for dissolved solids, hardness, alkalinity, calcium, magnesium,...