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is locally ascribed to an electric property of the water. Two other
carbonated springs rise in the gravel at the creek edge opposite Vichy
Spring, but they have not been improved. They yield flows of about
one-half gallon and 8 gallons a minute and have the same tempera-
ture as Vichy Spring. There is also a small seeping pool known as
the Arsenic Spring on the bank 20 yards westward from Ardeche
Spring, but it has been only slightly used. A quarter of a mile south
of east from the main group, on the hillside 25 or 30 feet above the
creek, a third spring of importance issues in a rock-walled basin that
is protected by a roof, and. yields perhaps a quarter of a gallon a min-
ute. Like the other springs, it deposits iron and its water has a
slightly alkaline taste. It is known as Crystal Spring and is a favor-
ite for drinking, for its water is cool (59°) and pleasantly carbonated.
Another small pool is formed by a seepage spring on the hillside 30
yards above Crystal Spring, but it has not been improved.
The following analyses of the three principal springs show their
waters to be primary alkaline in character:

Analyses of water from Vichy Springs, Mendocino County, Cal.
[Constituents are in parts per million.]
1 2 3 4
32° C. (90° F.) 34° C. (93° F.) 32° C. (90° F.) 15° C. (59° F.)
Properties of reaction:
9 10 9 11
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
73 73 73 71
18 17 18 IS
115 107 (?) (?)
React- React- React- React-
By By By By
Constituents. weight. ing weight. ing weight. ing weight. ing
values. values. values. values.
1,654 71.90 1,649 71.64 1,141 49.60 1,248 54.26
Trace. Trace. .8 .02 20 .51 19 .48
Calcium (Ca)... ...................... 122 6.11 124 6.20 133 6.64 149 7.42
112 9.19 97 7.98 48 3.95 58 4.74
Iron (Fe).. ........................... . Trace. Trace. .a .02 9.1 .33 7.9 .28
Trace Trace. Trace. Trace.
Sulphate (SO4). ...................... Trace. Trace. 4.2 .09
Chloride (Cl) ......................... 285 8.05 298 8.41 204 5.75 250 7.07
Carbonate (CO3) ..................... 2,375 79.15 2,321 77.36 1,612 53.74 1,756 58.54
Metaborate(BO2)... I....... ......... Trace. Trace. 66 1.54 68 1.57
Silica (SiOj,).. ........................ 117 3.88 101 3.35 54 1.79 32 l.Ofr
4,665 4,595.6 3,287.1 3,587.9
Carbon dioxide (CO2)................ 2,128 96.70 1,962 88.18
1. Vichy Spring. Analyst, John Hewston. Authority, U. S. Geol. Survey Bull. 32.
2. Vichy Spring. Analyst and authority, Winslow Anderson (1889).
3. Ardeche Spring. Analyst, Price & Son. Authority, advertising matter.
4. Crystal Spring. Analyst, Price & Son. Authority, 12th Cal.
Water from these springs has not been bottled commercially, chiefly
perhaps because the iron and calcium it contains stain the bottles
and injure its sale.