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about 3 feet in diameter and 6 feet in height. * * * From this chamber a pipe
leads directly to a small structure in which the bottling machinery has been
erected. * * *
The following analysis shows that the water is characterized by
primary and secondary alkalinity and primary salinity and contains
a large proportion of magnesium:
Analysis of water from main spring, Shasta Springs, SisHyou County, Cal.
(Analyst, W. S. Haines. Authority, 13th Cal. Constituents are in parts per million.]

11° C. (51° F.)
Properties of reaction:
18
0
0
Primary alkalinity. ................................ r ............................ 23
59
( ?)
By Reacting
Constituents.
weight. values.
Sodium (Na.)- ._._._.____.___..__._..,.,, . _ ...... 447 19.43
23 .59
Lithium (Li). ....................................................................... Trace. Trace.
Trace.
349 28.70
Iron (Fe).. ..................................."...................._.................. 10 .36
2.5 .28
Trace.
Sulphate (SO4)... ................................................................... 8.6 .18
Chloride (Cl) ........................................................................ 312 8.79
Trace.
Carbonate ( CO3) .................................................................... 1,195 39.83
Metaborate (BO2). . ................................................................. 9.9 .23
Arsenate (AsOj )------------.---.--------.--------.-----...-...-..-----------------.. 1.4 .03
Phosphate (POO ................................................................. .8 .03
2,359.2
Carbon dioxide (CO2). ..............................................................
The springs issue at the base of the steep canyon side. Eastward,
400 feet above the springs, the country opens to a gentle upward
slope northward to Mount Shasta. A summer resort has been estab-
lished on the plateau-like slope, directly above the springs. The
grounds are reached by an inclined railway from the railroad station
below, or by a zigzag path two-fifths of a mile long, up the canyon
side. Much water rises in cold springs near the top of the canyon
and cascades down the slope, near the path.
At the east bank of the river, 200 yards below Shasta Springs, and
also on the west bank, 150 yards farther downstream, small carbon-
ated springs have formed iron-stained deposits of lime carbonate.
The Griffin onyx marble quarry, which has been mentioned in con-
nection with the deposits at Tolenas and Kessler springs, consists of
a vein of onyx marble about 5 inches wide, on the western side of the
river a short distance below Shasta Springs. It has not been worked
for a number of years.