Mineral Resources of Alaska: Report on Progress of Investigations in 1908 |
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Page 372 - Second-feet per square mile" is the average number of cubic feet of water flowing per second from each square mile of area drained, on the assumption that the run-off is distributed uniformly both as regards time and area. "Run-off in inches...
Page 372 - ... unit. Owing to the confusion arising from its use it has been defined by law in several States. The California miner's inch is in most common use in the United States and was defined by an act approved March 23, 1901, as follows: "The standard miner's inch of water shall be equivalent or equal to 1 J cubic feet of water per minute, measured through any aperture or orifice.
Page 417 - Reconnaissances in the Cape Nome and Norton Bay regions, Alaska, in 1900,
Page 97 - SCHRADER, FC, Mineral deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Ariz.: Bull.
Page 17 - Mineral deposits of the Cerbat Range, Black Mountains, and Grand Wash Cliffs, Mohave County, Arizona: US Geol.
Page 163 - IRVING, JD. Some recently exploited deposits of wolframite in the Black Hills of South Dakota: Am.
Page 364 - States publications, except those to which a price is affixed, can be obtained free by applying to the Director, United States Geological Survey, Washington, DC The priced publications may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC The one marked " Exhausted " is not available for distribution, but may be seen at the larger libraries of the country.
Page 372 - Run-off in inches" is the depth to which the drainage area would be covered if all the water flowing from it in a given period were conserved and uniformly distributed on the surface. It is used for comparing run-off with rainfall, which is usually expressed in depth in inches. "Acre-foot...
Page 279 - XLV. 463 pp. 1903. CLEMENTS, JM, SMYTH, HL, BAYLEY, WS, and VAN HISE, CR The Crystal Falls iron-bearing district of Michigan. Monograph XXXVI.
Page 418 - No. 259. 1905, pp. 172-185. Geology and coal resources of Cape Lisburne region, Alaska, by AJ Collier. Bulletin No.