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182 SPRINGS OF CALIFORNIA.
LEE SODA SPRING (LAKE 31).
There is a small unimproved carbonated spring on the Lee ranch
in the canyon of Scott Creek about 4 miles in a direct line southwest
of Lakeport. Its water is cool and moderately carbonated, but the
place is rather inaccessible and is seldom visited.
CARBONATED SPRING IN CANYON OF SCOTT CREEK (LAKE 30).
About 1^ miles west of the Lee spring there is another carbonated
spring in the canyon of Scott Creek, also small in flow, unimproved,
and seldom visited. Similar springs, which are known only to hunt-
ers, probably rise at other places in this region. The rock formations
consist of the same series of sedimentary materials that was observed
through the greater part of the coastal ranges in the north-central
section of the State.
GLEN ALPINE SPRINGS (LAKE 33).
At Glen Alpine Springs, on the western bank of Scott Creek, 6
miles southwest of Lakeport and beside the wagon road between that
town and Hopland, two small springs rise in bricked and cemented
basins about 4 yards apart. A road house near the springs was for-
merly kept open, but of late years the place has been deserted. The
water is moderately carbonated, but when visited in 1909 there was
no overflow. Small amounts of iron have been deposited on the
basin sides, and at the creek edge 5 yards away a very hard deposit
of lime carbonate a foot thick is exposed for a few yards. The coun-
try rock, which is well shown along the road near by, consists of the
usual series of shale .and sandstone.
BYNUM SPRING (LAKE 34).
Bynum Spring is situated a mile south of Glen Alpine Springs, in
a small ravine that is tributary to Scott Creek. Its water rises from
crushed sandstone near the edge of the stream channel, in a cemented
pool about the size of a barrel. When visited in 1909 there was no
overflow. The water was strongly carbonated, and slight deposits
of lime carbonate and iron had formed in the basin. The water has
been bottled at the spring and marketed locally as a table water.
The following analysis shows that it is essentially a secondary alkaline
water.