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The tunnel is in an area of serpentine that is here associated with
sedimentary rocks and is overlain on the hill slopes above by lava.
It is locally known as the Tunnel Spring, and its water is called a
"chamise" water, as it is thought by some persons to taste of the
chamiso brush roots. Another small carbonated spring of even less
importance rises in Sulphur Valley, 1 or 2 miles north of Astorg
Spring.
ADAMS SPRINGS (LAKE 44).
Adams Springs are situated in a deep ravine about 2 miles eastward
across a divide from Astorg Spring. The springs are said to have
been found and filed on by a Mr. Adams more than 40 years ago. The
property has been improved as a resort for more than 20 years, but it
has attained prominence chiefly since about 1900. A large drain
pipe has been laid in the stream channel to carry off storm water, and
the ravine has been widened and leveled to obtain space for buildings.
In 1910 a large frame hotel and a number of cottages and tents fur-
nished accommodations for about 400 people. A swimming plunge
on the hillside above the springs is supplied by water piped from a
stream. Though the water is used by some people for its medicinal
value, the place is essentially a summer pleasure resort.
Analyses of water from, Adams Springs, Lake County, Cal.
[Constituents are in parts per million.]

]L S!
Properties of reaction:
2 2
0 0
0 0
- Primary alkalinity 26 26
Secondary alkalinity ....................................... 72 72
156 175
By Reacting By Reacting
Constituents.
weight. values. weight. values.
Sodium (Na). .................................................. 441 19.18 454 19.74
Trace. Trace. Trace. Trace.
Calcium (Ca). .................................................. 199 9.93 197 9.83
483 39.73 488 40.15
Iron (Fe). ...................................................... 4.6 .16 4.3 .15
Sulphate (SO<).. ............................................... 17 .35
Nitrate (NOa). ................................................. Trace. Trace.
Chloride (Cl)................................................... 48 1.35 44 1.24
Carbonate (COa)....... ........................................ 2,019 67.30 2,059 68.63
Silica (SiO2).. .................................................. 127 4.21 124 4.11
3,338.6 3,370.3
Carbon dioxide (COZ).-- ....................................... 2,261 102. 77 2,588 117.64
1. Main spring. Analyst and authority, Winslow Anderson (1888).
2. Main spring. Analyst, Price and Hewston. Authority, U. 8. Geol. Survey Bull. 32.
, The main spring, which is situated a few yards above the hotel and
close to the former channel of the ravine, is inclosed by a frame build-
ing, and the water is dipped from a small pool for drinking, but it is