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1901 - Soil Survey Of The Lower Salinas Valley California, Macy H. Lapham And W. H. Heileman
1901 - Soil Survey Of The Lower Salinas Valley California, Macy H. Lapham And W. H. Heileman
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Prepared by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Soils, this report addresses the conditions found in the Lower Salinas Valley of Monterey County, California in 1901, including the development of agriculture, climate, geology, soil types, cultivation, irrigation. groundwater, and alkali found in the soil.
1923 - Flow In California Streams, Bulletin No. 5, Appendix A, Report To The Legislature
1923 - Flow In California Streams, Bulletin No. 5, Appendix A, Report To The Legislature
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
The legislature of 1921 appropriated $200,000 for an investigation of California's water resources by the State Department of Public Works, Division of Engineering and Irrigation. Accordingly, an engineering investigation was completed and a report on California's water resources transmitted to the legislature on January 1, 1923. The report addresses the geology, precipitation and run-off in California.
1921 - Petroleum Resources Of California, Bulletin 89
1921 - Petroleum Resources Of California, Bulletin 89
Miscellaneous Documents and Reports
By 1921, the increasing demand for petroleum and its products, and the inability of production to keep pace with requirements, for several years, resulted in widespread prospecting throughout the world for possible new oil fields. In California, "wild-cat" wells were being drilled in many localities, some of them in places where even a cursory inspection of the geology would tell the futility of looking for oil. This report aimed to furnish information as to the unfavorable as well as the favorable areas of development of additional petroleum resources in California. The purpose of the report was to briefly take stock …