Geology And Water Resources Of The Harney Basin Region Oregon

Author : Gerald A. Waring
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333570057
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Geology and Water Resources of the Harney Basin Region, Oregon (Classic Reprint) written by Gerald A. Waring and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Geology and Water Resources of the Harney Basin Region, Oregon Ever since white men first made their homes on the great plains of the Northwest and began to use them as ranges for cattle and horses the region about the Harney basin in Oregon has been preeminently a stock country, for the great areas of rocky plateau and of desert valley were valuable chie y for grazing purposes. Within the last few years, however, many settlers have immigrated to this north western region, mainly perhaps because Of the growing scarcity else where Of Government land worth homesteading. This recent in ux has brought the region into notice and has given rise to a demand for reliable information concerning it, to supply which the writer was detailed to make a reconnaissance of Harney Valley and adjacent territory. Seven weeks during the summer of 1907 were spent in this work, which is an eastward continuation of a similar study that was carried out in Lake County in the fall of 1906. The areas covered during each of these seasons is shown on the index map (pl. Special attention was paid to the water supply, both from streams and from underground sources, and to the structural geology of the region in its relation to artesian conditions. With the. Exception of those compiled from the Land Office plats no maps of this area have been published. Since a topographic base is essential to a careful study of underground Water conditions as affected by drainage basins and rock structures, the accompanying map (pl. II, in pocket) has been prepared from all available data, and from field Observations made during the course of the examination. This work was secondary to the main purpose of the investigation, and it is realized that there are many inaccuracies in it, but for the purpose of showing the main elements of the relief and drainage and their relations, and as a basis for a study of ground-water conditions, the map is considered to be sufficiently trustworthy.8 water resources OF harney basin region, oregon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."