Bulletin, Issues 297-299U.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 - Geology |
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Alaska peninsula Alexander archi Alexander archipelago ander archipelago Baranof island Bering sea brownish called canal cape chart Chatham strait Clarence strait Coast Pilot Coast Survey Cook inlet County cove creek dark-gray Descriptive name driller drilling east eastern Alaska eastern shore Eskimo name Eskimo village farm feet high fork formation Fortymile Geological Survey Gerdine glacier gulch harbor Hard water indenting islet Kodiak Koyukuk lake latitude 65 limestone limy shale longitude longitude 165 Lutke miles north Moser mountain mouth Name from Barnard named by Nichols Native name northeast northern shore pelago point of entrance Port post-office Prince of Wales Prince William sound Prospectors record region reported Revillagigedo island rock Russian salt water samples sand sandstone sandy shale Schrader seams Seward peninsula shale Sitka sound Soft water southeastern Alaska southern sulphur water Tebenkof Township tributary tude Vasilief Wales archipelago western written Yampa Yukon delta
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Page 18 - Cruise of the Revenue Marine Steamer Corwin in the Arctic Ocean in the year 1885, by Capt.
Page 8 - Accents should not generally be used, but where there is a very decided emphatic syllable or stress, which affects the sound of the word, it should be marked by an acute accent.
Page 11 - To it shall be referred all unsettled questions concerning geographic names which arise in the Departments, and the decisions of the Board are to be accepted by the Departments as the standard authority in such matters.
Page 11 - As it is desirable that uniform usage in regard to geographic nomenclature and orthography obtain throughout the Executive Departments of the Government, and particularly upon the maps and charts issued by the various departments and bureaus...
Page 81 - ... from roof to floor, including all of the benches of coal mined and such impurities as were not removed in ordinary work. This cut was about 3 inches wide and 1 inch deep; the coal obtained from it, amounting to 25...
Page 56 - Klias region in 1890. In the latter year he explored Malaspina glacier and Yakutat bay under the auspices of the National Geographic Society and the United States Geological Survey. This work he continued in 1891. For an account of the work of 1890, see National Geographic Magazine, Vol.
Page 20 - Graves in 1900, and the thirty-two years' experience in those waters of Pilot Francis. An account of Mr. Graves's field operations may be found in the report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, 1901, pp. 152 and 161.