Analyses of Rocks and Minerals from the Laboratory of the United States Geological Survey, 1880 to 1914

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1915 - Rocks - 376 pages
 

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Page 151 - 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 tune and area. "Run-off in inches...
Page 407 - Bulletin 347, 1908, 210 pp. 60 cents. •The Yakutat Bay region, Alaska : Physiography and glacial geology, by RS Tarr; Areal geology, by RS Tarr and BS Butler. Professional Paper 64, 1909, 186 pp.
Page 42 - In connection with carrying out the authority under the Alaska Railroad Act "to fix, change, or modify rates for the transportation of passengers and property...
Page 152 - ... square mile equals 2.59 square kilometers. 1 cubic foot equals 0.0283 cubic meter. 1 cubic foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds. 1 cubic meter per minute equals 0.5886 second-foot. 1 horsepower equals 550 foot-pounds per second. 1 horsepower equals 76.0 kilogram-meters per second. 1 horsepower equals 746 watts. 1 horsepower equals 1 second-foot falling 8.80 feet.
Page 42 - ... to construct and build a railroad or railroads along such route or routes as he may so designate and locate, with the necessary branch lines, feeders, sidings, switches, and spurs; to purchase or otherwise acquire all real and personal property necessary to...
Page 414 - Bulletin 328, 1908, 343 pp. •Investigation of the mineral deposits of Seward Peninsula, by PS Smith. In Bulletin 345, 1908, pp. 206-250. 45 cents. Geology of the Seward Peninsula tin deposits, by Adolph Knopf. Bulletin 358, 1908, 72 pp.
Page 43 - ... act, and in all patents for lands hereafter taken up, entered, or located in the Territory of Alaska there shall be expressed that there is reserved to the United States a right of way for the construction of railroads, telegraph and telephone lines to the extent of one hundred feet on either...
Page 407 - Mining In southeastern Alaska, by Adolph Knopf. In Bulletin 480, 1911, pp. 94-102. The Eagle River region, by Adolph Knopf. In Bulletin 480, 1911, pp. 103-111. The Eagle River region, southeastern Alaska, by Adolph Knopf. Bulletin 502, 1912, 61 pp. The SItka mining district, Alaska, by Adolph Knopf. Bulletin 504, 1912, 32 pp. The earthquakes at Yakutat Bay, Alaska, In September, 1899, by RS Tarr and Lawrence Martin, with a preface by GK Gilbert Professional Paper -69, 1912, 135 pp.
Page 407 - Geology of the Berners Bay region, Alaska, by Adolph Knopf. Bulletin 446, 1911, 58 pp. Mining in southeastern Alaska, by Adolph Knopf. In Bulletin 480, 1911, pp. 94-102. The Eagle River region, by Adolph Knopf.
Page 109 - ... mills and the ground material is floated over the top of the tanks, after which it is pumped into funnel-shaped separators. The contents of the separators are agitated by flowing water and the coarser, rejected material is drawn off at the bottom of the funnel and returns to the slip mills, while the finer material floats off at the top of the separators. This material next descends to settling tanks, and after forming a sludge is drawn off into bleaching tanks. The bleaching tanks are built...

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