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Fluctuations of the water level in wells, with special reference to Long Island, New York

No abstract available.
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Arthur Clifford Veatch

Geographic Dictionary of Alaska

No abstract available.
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Marcus Baker, James McCormick

Geology and Coal Resources of the Cape Lisburne Region, Alaska

No abstract available.
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Arthur James Collier

Geology and gold deposits of the Cripple Creek district, Colorado

The Cripple Creek gold deposits, discovered in 1891, were investigated by Messrs. Cross and Penrose, of the United States Geological Survey, in 1894. The present reexamination was requested by citizens of Colorado, and . has been carried out under the financial cooperation of the State with the Federal Survey. It has involved complete revision of the topographic map of the district used as a base
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Waldemar Lindgren, Frederick Leslie Ransome

Geology and mineral resources of Mississippi

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Albert Forster Crider

Geology and mineral resources of part of the Cumberland Gap coal field, Kentucky

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 of Cumberland River on the northeast. As defined in this paper, it has a total length
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G. H. Ashley, L. C. Glenn

Geology and underground water resources of northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas

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 thoroughly understood, to include that portion of the Coastal Plain in southern Arkansas southwest of Ark
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A. C. Veatch

Geology and underground waters of the Arkansas Valley in eastern Colorado

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 obtained. The principal water-bearing bed is the "Dakota" formation, which consists of two sheets of
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N. H. Darton

Geology and water resources of Owens valley, California

No abstract available.
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Willis T. Lee

Geology and water resources of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

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, under whose direction the exploration ·was made. A general account of the surface waters is given, includ
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C. A. Fisher

Geology of the Bighorn Mountains

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 shown on PL II. It covers the greater portion of the Bighorn uplift, together with an adjoining area o
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N. H. Darton

Glacial stages in Southeastern New England and vicinity

No abstract available.
Authors
M. L. Fuller