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knoll suggest that it is a landslide mass. The place is visited as a local
curiosity, but no attempt has been made to develop the springs in
any way.
CANTWELL SODA SPRING (MENDOCINO 5).
In a ravine about a quarter of a mile north of Branscomb post office,
on property that formerly belonged to a Mr. Cantwell, there is a small
carbonated spring which has not been improved but has been used
slightly as a drinking spring. Its mineralization, like that of a number
of similar springs, is greatly diluted by surface water in the rainy sea-
son, but in summer its water is said to be pleasantly carbonated.

PETERSONS MINERAL SPRING (MENDOCINO 2).
About 7 miles in a direct line east of north from Branscomb a small
carbonated spring, that is known as Petersons Mineral Spring, rises
at the edge of a small creek in an area of sandstone and conglomerate
and has been protected by a rock wall and covered by a roof so as to
form a drinking spring. When visited it was flooded by surface
water, but in summer its water is said to be moderately carbonated.
Only a small iron stain was noticed near it and no other evidence of
mineral deposits was seen, so it is probably a fairly pure water.
The property has been a camping resort for several years. A
small amount of the water was bottled and sold for table use during
one summer.
WITTER MEDICAL SPRINGS (LAKE 15).
Witter Medical Springs are situated 20 miles north of east from
TJkiah, on a hillside that overlooks the valley at the northern end of
Clear Lake. The principal spring at this place was used for its
medicinal value by the Indians long before the settlement of the
region by white people, and it has been known to the latter for more
than 60 years. About 40 years ago the property was filed on by Dr.
Witter, and a medical resort was gradually built up at the place. In
the fall of 1900 the Witter Medical Springs Co. was incorporated, and
a four-story hotel was opened in May, 1906. Several cottages provide
accommodations for guests during the winter season, when the hotel
is closed.
The principal spring, which has long been known as Deadshot
Spring, issues from, crevices in massive rock at the creek edge in a
ravine in front of the hotel and 250 yards from it by winding path.
A small house protects the spring, which yields about five-eighths
gallon a minute. The recorded temperature of the water is 53°.
The water is strongly carbonated and noticeably saline in taste, and
lias been on the market as a medicinal water for a number of years.
In 1910 the bottles were filled directly from the spring, corked, and
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