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outcrops were not observed, to be so closely associated with the other
carbonated springs as they are at Nelson Soda Springs, it seems
plausible that masses which are not exposed furnish the calcium and
carbonate constituents of some of the numerous other carbonated
springs in the Sierra. There are many seeping carbonated springs
and deposits of lime carbonate along the banks of the South Fork of
Middle Fork of Tule River, but all the noteworthy carbonated springs
are believed to be mentioned in the preceding descriptions.

TULE RIVER SODA SPUING (TULAEE 15).
There is a carbonated spring on the Tule Indian Reservation, 16
miles east of Portersville, that is known as Tule River Soda Spring.
It is situated about 200 yards southwest of an old schoolhouse, at the
north edge of South Fork of Tule River. It is submerged during
periods of high water, but in the summer it forms a drinking spring
that has been occasionally resorted to by picnic parties. The spring
issues beneath a large granitic bowlder, from crevices in gneiss that
is similar to the rock at Doyle Soda Springs. The main spring rises
in a rock-walled basin 2 feet square, but a number of vents in the
gravel beside it are marked by bubbling. The water is moderately
carbonated and deposits considerable iron.

CARBONATED SPRING NEAR MOUNTAINEER CREEK (TULARE 5).
A small carbonated spring issues on rocky slopes near Mountaineer
Creek, close to its junction with Peck Creek, about 25 miles by trail
northeast of Springville. It is not easily accessible, however, and
has not been often visited.

CARBONATED SPRING IN LLOYD MEADOWS (TULARE 14).
A cool carbonated spring in Lloyd Meadows, about 9 miles by
trail east of Nelsons, is well known to campers and fishermen in that
part of the Kern River region and is used as a drinking spring, but
like other springs in the Sierra, the yield of water is not large.

CARBONATED SPRING NEAR NORTH FORK OF KERN RIVER (TULARE 3).
North Fork of Kern River flows in a deep canyon that widens to a
walled valley in which is a spring that, probably because of the
character of the valley, has been referred to as Little Yosemite Soda
Spring.1 The spring is about 2| miles north of a small lake, known
as Kern Lake, and 100 yards west of the river, at the lower edge of
a meadow. The water rises in a rock-walled pool 3 feet below the
normal ground surface, at the base of a bank in the meadow soil.
It is cool (51°), strongly carbonated, and deposits considerable iron.
The following analysis shows that the water contains only a very
i Wheeler, G. M., U. S. Geog. Surveys W. 100th Mer. Ann. Kept., 1876, p. 195.