Geology and water resources of the Harney Basin region, Oregon . speaking of the water supply he names the several major streams,and considers the possibilities of water storage on them for irrigationin the valley lands. In his discussion of underground water he callsattention to the shallowness of the ground-water level throughout thevalleys and the plentiful supply of such water, and advocates thedrilling of deep wells for artesian flows. • a Russeil, I. C, A geological reconnaissance in southern Oregon: Fourth Ann. Rept. U. S. Geol. Survey;1884, pp. 431-464. b Russell, I. C, Pr
Geology and water resources of the Harney Basin region, Oregon . speaking of the water supply he names the several major streams,and considers the possibilities of water storage on them for irrigationin the valley lands. In his discussion of underground water he callsattention to the shallowness of the ground-water level throughout thevalleys and the plentiful supply of such water, and advocates thedrilling of deep wells for artesian flows. • a Russeil, I. C, A geological reconnaissance in southern Oregon: Fourth Ann. Rept. U. S. Geol. Survey;1884, pp. 431-464. b Russell, I. C, Preliminary report on artesian basins in southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon:Water-supply Paper U. S. Geol. Survey No. 78, 1903. c Russell, I. C, Notes on the geology of southwestern Idaho and southeastern Oregon: Bull. U. S. No. 217, 1903. d Russell, I. C, Preliminary report on the geology and water resources of central Oregon: Bull. U. Survey No. 262, 1905. u. s. < 46 45 44 43 41 S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY WATER-SUPPLY PAPER 231 PLATE. Area discussed inWater-Supply Paper Area discussed mthis report INDEX IVIAP OF OREGON, SHOWING LOCATION AND EXTENT OF AREA EXAMINED. GEOGKAPHY. 9 As their titles indicate, these papers also treat of the country to theeast and to the west of Harney County. Concerning the countryimmediately north of it there appears to be no literature; while forthat on the south an article by James Blake ^ on the Puebla (Pueblo)Kange of mountains, in Nevada, is the principal publication. Thispaper treats mainly of the structure of the mountains and the kindsof rocks that were noted in thern. GEOGRAPHY. CHARACTER. As a whole southeastern Oregon forms a great uneven plateauregion with an average elevation of between 4,000 and 5,000 areas of it are nearly level or only gently undulating, but thestretches of table-land are broken in a few places by extensive escarp-ments, which trend in general from north
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