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198 SPEUSTGS OF CALIPOKFIA.
flow of moderately carbonated water that is much appreciated for
drinking. A small pool of only slightly carbonated water that col-
lects in a basin on the side of the carbonate deposit, above the main
pool, furnishes another drinking water of less mineralized character.
The Magnesia Spring is about 75 yards farther to the southeast and
issues at the base of the mountain slope, beside a small ravine. It is
also protected by a roof and yields a small flow of carbonated water
that is noticeably warmer than the main spring and has a different
taste. A well 20 feet deep beside the store building, which is about
200 yards north of the springs, is artesian in character, and nearly
overflows in winter. It yields water that is considered to be sul-
phureted but that tastes only mildly carbonated and slightly of
iron. Another well 50 feet south of it was bored to a depth of 65
feet in search of fresh water, but it struck only salty water and was
abandoned.
The rocks of this locality seem to be the crushed and altered sedi-
ments that are common in the Coast Ranges. Serpentine was not
observed near the springs, but it may outcrop on the steep, brushy
slopes above them.
CARBONATED SPRINGS ON WILEY RANCH (LAKE 12).
There are several carbonated springs on the Wiley ranch, in the
canyon of a branch of North Fork of Cache Creek, about 1\ miles
northwest of Hough Springs. In 1910 they were reached only by a
steep and rocky trail and were not generally known. The springs
issue in a long glade 100 to 300 yards wide. The water of two or
three is slightly sulphureted, but carbon dioxide is the most notice-
able constituent in the principal ones. The rocks of the locality are
the usual altered sediments, being mainly siliceous sandstones that
in some places have a schistose character.

ALLEN SPRINGS (LAKE 11).
Alien Springs are situated in the narrow canyon of Alien Creek, on the
stage road about 4 miles west of Hough Springs (Lake 13, p. 197). The
property was early improved as a resort, but high water a number of
winters ago washed away some of the cottages, and for several years
the place was closed. In the summer of 1910 it was reopened, how-
ever, and accommodations for guests were provided by a hotel building
and several cottages.
A number of carbonated springs issue along the edge, of the creek
above (west of) the hotel, and strings of bubbles that rise at several
places in the creek near them show that gas and probably water also
issues in the stream bed. One spring, whose water was formerly
bottled, issues from the steep canyon side south of the hotel, across
the creek, and is piped to a drinking shed. A group of three or four