Minerals, Lands, and Geology for the Common Defence and General Welfare: 1904-1939U.S. Geological Survey, 1986 |
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75th Congress administration Agriculture Alaska American annual appropriation Basin began bill Bureau of Mines California Chief Geologist coal lands Colorado Colorado River Commission Committee conservation continued cooperative funds David White Department deposits Director district Division Economic Geology Emmons Engineers Federal field fiscal forest fuel Geologic Branch geologic map Geological Society Geological Survey Bulletin George Otis Smith Government ground water ground-water Hoover House Ibid increased industry Interior investigations irrigation Land Classification leasing Leith manganese Mendenhall metals Mexico mineral mineral resources Nevada oil and gas percent potash President problems production public lands Reclamation recommended reconnaissance region reserves River Roosevelt scientific Secretary Section Senate Service Society of America square miles stream gaging Survey's Taft Territory of Hawaii Theodore Roosevelt tion topographic mapping topographic surveys U.S. Congress U.S. Geological Survey United Utah Valley Walcott Waldemar Lindgren Washington Water Resources Branch water supply
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