Record of deep-well drilling for 1905
Myron Leslie Fuller, Samuel Sanford
1906, Bulletin 298
The present is the second of the series of reports on the collection of deep-well samples, the first of which, covering the period from the beginning of the work July 1, 1904, to December 31, 1904, was published as Bulletin No. 264. This report presents the records of a large...
Geology and underground water resources of northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas
A. C. Veatch
1906, Professional Paper 46
In the fall of 1902 arrangements were made with the Geological Survey of Louisiana for the writer to prepare a report on the geology and underground water resources of northern Louisiana. In the prosecution of this work it was found necessary, in order that the questions involved might be more...
Geology and underground waters of the Arkansas Valley in eastern Colorado
N. H. Darton
1906, Professional Paper 52
In the valley of Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado there is an area of considerable extent in which artesian flows are available. During the last ten years numerous wells have been sunk to develop this important resource and, in most cases in the lower lands, abundant water supplies have been...
Geology and mineral resources of part of the Cumberland Gap coal field, Kentucky
G. H. Ashley, L. C. Glenn
1906, Professional Paper 49
The Cumberland Gap coal field lies in Bell and Harlan counties, in the southeast corner of Kentucky and in Claiborne and Campbell counties, Tenn., and extends in a general northeast-southwest direction between Pine and Cumberland mountains from Fork Mountain on the southwest to the heads of Poor and Clover forks...
The geology and water resources of the eastern portion of the Panhandle of Texas
Charles Newton Gould
1906, Water Supply Paper 154
No abstract available....
Underground water in the valleys of Utah Lake and Jordan River, Utah
George Burr Richardson
1906, Water Supply Paper 157
The valleys of Utah Lake and Jordan River are situated in north-central Utah, in the extreme eastern part of the Great Basin. The lofty Wasatch Range (Pl. I), the westernmost of the Rocky Mountain system, limits the valleys on the east, and relatively low basin ranges - the Oquirrh, Lake,...
Geology of the Bighorn Mountains
N. H. Darton
1906, Professional Paper 51
This report is the result of studies made in the field during the seasons of 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905. It relates to an area of about 9,000 square miles, situated mainly in the north-central portion of Wyoming and extending northward into Montana. Its location and general surroundings are...
The geography and geology of Alaska; a summary of existing knowledge, with a section on climate, and a topographic map and description thereof
A. H. Brooks, Cleveland Abbe Jr., R.U. Goode
1906, Professional Paper 45
Alaska, the largest outlying possession of the United States, is that great land mass forming the northwestern extremity of the North American continent, whose western point is within 60 miles of the Asiatic coast (PI. II). About one-quarter of this area lies within the Arctic Circle, and from the standpoint...
The Montana lobe of the Keewatin ice sheet
F.H.H. Calhoun
1906, Professional Paper 50
Just south of the forty-ninth parallel and east of the Rocky Mountains is an area that is of much interest to glacialists. It is the area which lay between the Keewatin ice sheet and the mountain glaciers coming from the west. Although it has been known for nearly twenty years...
Geology and water resources of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming
C.A. Fisher
1906, Professional Paper 53
This paper is the result of field work done during the seasons of 1904 and 1905 It is designed mainly to furnish information regarding geologic structure and the prospects for underground water. The description of the formations of the Bighorn Mountain area is chiefly the work of N. H. Darton,...
Zinc and lead deposits of the Upper Mississippi Valley
Harry Foster Bain
1906, Bulletin 294
The zinc and lead mines of the upper Mississippi Valley are in the southwest portion of Wisconsin and in adjacent parts of Illinois mid Iowa. The boundaries of the region are in part indefinite, since sporadic occurrences of the minerals are found outside the mining region proper. It is usual...
Preliminary list of deep borings in the United States
Nelson Horatio Darton
1905, Water Supply Paper 149
The first preliminary list of deep borings in the United States was issued as Water-Supply Papers Nos. 57 and 61. The present publication includes all of the wells listed in these two papers, together with many additional borings, mostly of recent date. Messrs. M. L. Fuller and A. C. Veatch,...
The hydrology of San Bernardino Valley, California
Walter C. Mendenhall
1905, Water Supply Paper 142
The San Bernardino basin lies near the eastern end of the valley of southern California. Under the latter term is included that general lowland area which is definitely limited on the north by the San Gabriel and San Bernardino ranges and on the east by the latter range and the...
Silverton folio, Colorado
Whitman Cross, Ernest Howe, F. L. Ransome
1905, Folios of the Geologic Atlas 120
The term San Juan region, or simply "the San Juan," used with variable meaning by early explorers, and naturally with indefinite limitation during the period of settlement, is now quite generally applied to a large tract of mountainous country in southwestern Colorado, together with an undefined zone of lower country...
Development of underground waters in the eastern coastal plain region of southern California
Walter Curran Mendenhall
1905, Water Supply Paper 137
No abstract available....
Contributions to the hydrology of eastern United States, 1904
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1905, Water Supply Paper 110
Contributions to the hydrology of Eastern United States, 1905
M. L. Fuller
1905, Water Supply Paper 145
Forest conditions in the Gila River Forest Reserve, New Mexico
T. F. Rixon
1905, Professional Paper 39
The Gila River Forest Reserve was established by proclamation of President McKinley on March 2, 1899. The following is a statement of the boundaries as laid down in the proclamation: "Beginning at a point on the boundary line between New Mexico and Arizona, where it is intersected by the north...
Preliminary report on the geology and underground water resources of the central Great Plains
N. H. Darton
1905, Professional Paper 32
The area to which this report relates is shown in Pl. II. It comprises the greater portions of South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas, and the eastern portions of Colorado and of Wyoming, an area of about one-half million square miles. It is the result of my investigations during the past...
Underground waters of eastern United States
Myron L. Fuller
1905, Water Supply Paper 114
The present paper is a brief summary of the underground water conditions in eastern United States, prepared to meet the demands of drillers and others for information relating to the general water resources of the various States or of specified regions.The detail with which the several regions or subjects are...
Newcastle folio, Wyoming-South Dakota
N.H. Darton
1904, Folios of the Geologic Atlas 107
The Newcastle quadrangle embraces the quarter of a square degree which lies between parallels 43° 30' and 44° north latitude and meridians 104° and 104° 30' west longitude. It measures approximately 34 1/2 miles from north to south and 25 1/8 from east to west, and its area is 863...
Forest conditions in the San Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve, Arizona
J. B. Leiberg, T. F. Rixon, Arthur Dodwell, F. G. Plummer
1904, Professional Paper 22
On April 12, 1902, President Roosevelt issued a proclamation "for the purpose of consolidating into one reserve the lands heretofore embraced in the San Francisco Mountains Forest Reserves and of including therein the other adjacent lands within Francisco Mountains Forest Reserve, and is described by metes and bound as follows: ''Beginning...
Zinc and lead deposits of northern Arkansas
George I. Adams, A. H. Purdue, E. F. Burchard, E. O. Ulrich
1904, Professional Paper 24
The field work on which this report is based was carried on during the months of July, August, and September, 1902. The writer was assisted by Prof. A. H. Purdue, of the University of Arkansas, and Mr. Ernest F. Burchard. The larger portion of the time was used in the...
Forest conditions in the Absaroka division of the Yellowstone Forest Reserve, Montana and the Livingston and Big Timber quadrangles
J. B. Leiberg
1904, Professional Paper 29
The tract of land here designated the Absaroka division of the Yellowstone Forest Reserve was originally the Absaroka Forest Reserve. By proclamation of January 29, 1903, this reserve was merged with the Teton and the Yellowstone forest reserves, the whole taking the name of the Yellowstone Forest Reserve. The western,...
Water resources of the Philadelphia district
Florence Bascom
1904, Water Supply Paper 106
The area included in the Philadelphia district lies between 39° 45' and 40° 15' north latitude and 75° and 75° 30' west longitude. It has a length of 34.50 miles from north to south and a width of 26.53 miles from east to west, and covers one-fourth of a square...
