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ture from 68° to 107°, and are used in a minor way for drinking.
Two others, known as the Magnesia and Hot Geyser springs, also
used for drinking, yield perhaps one-eighth and 2 gallons of water a
minute, at temperatures, respectively, of 64° and 98°. The Hot
Geyser, which has been in part developed by sinking a 3-inch casing
90 feet deep, is said to have received its name because prior to the
earthquake of April 18, 1906, it spouted about once a day, but since
the earthquake this action has nearly or entirely ceased. Its water
has a slight oily taste and odor, such as was noted at Skaggs and at
Gordon springs. A ninth spring, known as the Arsenic Spring, yields
water 96° in temperature, at a rate of about 5 gallons a minute, and
is used both for drinking and bathing, and two other springs with
somewhat warmer water and about the same flow supply Hot Iron
baths. The two hottest springs, with temperatures of 119° and 126°
and flows of perhaps 4 and 13 gallons a minute, respectively, issue at
the edge of Seigler Creek and supply tub baths near by.
The Seigler Springs, like the Howard Springs, issue from serpentine
and are situated on a gentle slope that borders the southern side of
the creek, but they are scattered over a larger area, about 250 yards
across. Near the southeast border of the spring area is a prominent
ledge of siliceous rock. The higher slopes are covered with lava, and
downstream, below the springs, the usual crushed sediments appear.
The available analyses of springs at this place are here presented:
Analyses of water from Seigler Springs, Lake County, Cal.
[Analyst, not given. Authority, advertising matter. Constituents are in parts per million.]
1 2 3 4 5

19° C. (66° F.) 22° C. (72° F.) 32°C.(90°F.} 38°C.(100°F.) 37°C.(98°F.)
Properties of reaction:
Primary salinity ..... 33 49 50 49 51
Secondary salinity . . . 7 0 0 0 0
Tertiary salinity ..... 0 0 0 0 0
Primary alkalinity. . . 0 11 12 16 12
Secondary alkalinity. 60 40 38 35 37
Tertiary alkalinity. . . 24 27 27 30 54
Re- Re- Re- Re- Re-
By By By By By
Constituents. acting acting acting acting acting
weight. weight. weight. weight. weight.
values. values. values. values. values.
Sodium (Na)..... ....... 127 5.50 208 9.05 230 10.00 272 11.81 221 9.61
Potassium (K). .......... 26 .66 52 1.33 80 2.05 51 1.30 52 1.33
Calcium (Ca)..... . 42 2.09 22 1.10 26 1.30 22 1.10 21 1.05
126 10.33 71 5.84 74 6.08 75 6.17 64 5.26
Iron (Fe).. ............... 9.1 .33 2.3 .08 1.4 .05 4.4 .16 1.3 .05
Sulphate (SO4)_........ . 0.4 .01 27 .56 1.7 .04 20 .42 3.7 .08
Chloride (Cl)............. 266 7.50 282 7.96 344 9.70 336 9.48 312 8.80
Carbonate (COS) ......... 342 11.40 266 8.88 292 9.74 319 10.64 253 8.42
Silica (SiO2).... . . . 124 4.11 141. 4.68 156 5.17 180 5.97 182 6.04
1,062.5 1,071.3 1, 205. 1 1,279.4 1,110.0
Carbon dioxide (CO2) . . . . 69 3.16
1. Soda Spring.
2. Magnesia Spring.
3. Arsenic Spring.
4. Iron Spring No. 3.
5. Geyser Spring.
35657° WSP 338 15-