Our Public Lands, Volumes 26-28U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1976 |
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... gold in " them tha hills . " The " gold fever " that spawned the westward migration has soared and ebbed according to the whims of the market . Other metals such as silver , platinum , radium and uranium , if less exotic than gold ...
... gold in " them tha hills . " The " gold fever " that spawned the westward migration has soared and ebbed according to the whims of the market . Other metals such as silver , platinum , radium and uranium , if less exotic than gold ...
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... gold mines along the river still yield modest amounts of gold . THE HANGING FLUME STILL CLINGS TO THE CLIFF WALLS 150 ' ABOVE THE DOLORES RIVER . BUILT IN THE EARLY NINETIES , THIS SIX - MILE - LONG WOODEN CHANNEL , SUPPLEMENTED BY A ...
... gold mines along the river still yield modest amounts of gold . THE HANGING FLUME STILL CLINGS TO THE CLIFF WALLS 150 ' ABOVE THE DOLORES RIVER . BUILT IN THE EARLY NINETIES , THIS SIX - MILE - LONG WOODEN CHANNEL , SUPPLEMENTED BY A ...
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... gold panners . The action of running water eroded gold dust and small nuggets from the mother lode and deposited them among other sediments . 1. dollars — dollars for core drilling , dollars for basic heavy equipment and dollars for ...
... gold panners . The action of running water eroded gold dust and small nuggets from the mother lode and deposited them among other sediments . 1. dollars — dollars for core drilling , dollars for basic heavy equipment and dollars for ...
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... gold continues with an intensity that , in many respects , rivals the efforts of the 1800s . But it is no longer the lone prospector leading his burro into the hills in search of the mother lode who bears the brunt of the effort . In ...
... gold continues with an intensity that , in many respects , rivals the efforts of the 1800s . But it is no longer the lone prospector leading his burro into the hills in search of the mother lode who bears the brunt of the effort . In ...
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... gold and other metals . makes development more eco- nomically attractive . Along the Dolores and San Miguel rivers in Southwest Colo- rado mining activity , while never on a grand scale , was occurring as early as 1878 and most of the ...
... gold and other metals . makes development more eco- nomically attractive . Along the Dolores and San Miguel rivers in Southwest Colo- rado mining activity , while never on a grand scale , was occurring as early as 1878 and most of the ...
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Page 11 - I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly...
Page 14 - Act, an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions and which ( 1 ) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable...
Page 18 - And that we might go out with every help that could serve to make the result of our voyage entertaining to the generality of readers, as well as instructive to the sailor and scholar, Mr Webber was pitched upon, and engaged to embark with me, for the express purpose of supplying the unavoidable imperfections of written accounts...
Page 2 - As the nation's principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has basic responsibilities to protect and conserve our land and water, energy and minerals, fish and wildlife, parks and recreation areas, and to ensure the wise use of all these resources.
Page 14 - ... generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.
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Page 14 - An area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions...
Page 4 - The department also has major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in island territories under...
Page 14 - A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.
Page 20 - West," suddenly arrived in the city, arrayed and equipped in all their classic beauty, — with shield and helmet, — with tunic and manteau, — tinted and tasselled off, exactly for the painter's palette...