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246 SPKIETGS OF CALIFOEOTA.

CARBONATED SPRINGS IN MONACHE MEADOWS (TULARE 8).
Carbonated springs rise in Monache Meadows, near South Fork of
Kern Kiver, about 14 miles by trail southwest of Olancha a small
settlement at the eastern base of the Sierra. Several trails enter
these meadows, so the springs are well known to travelers through
this part of the mountains, though the water is too warm to be pleas-
ant for drinking and is distinctly sulphureted as well as carbonated.
It issues near the eastern base of Monache Mountain, a rhyolite
nrass 1 that towers above the meadow.

CARBONATED SPRING IN WELDON VALLEY (KERN 12).
A small carbonated spring rises in Weldon Valley, about 10 miles
northeast of Onyx post office and a short distance from the road that
leads southeastward through Walker Pass to the eastern front of the
Sierra. The spring is not of importance for drinking, but like a num-
ber of others it is of geologic interest because of its carbonated water
and its isolated position.
There are probably many other small carbonated springs in the
region of the Sierra that is drained by Kern and Tule rivers, but those
which have been mentioned are all that were learned of and are prob-
ably all that are known to any extent.
CARBONATED SPRINGS ON ENCINO RANCH (LOS ANGELES 8).
A carbonated spring that rises on the Encino ranch, 14 miles north-
west of Los Angeles, was early improved and made use of for bathing
and irrigation. In 1875 it supplied a stone reservoir and a bathing
pool and yielded about 5 gallons a minute of water 85° in tempera-
ture.2 The following analysis shows it to be a primary and secondary
alkaline and primary saline water of moderate mineralization:
Analysis of water from main carbonated spring on Encino Ranch, Los Angeles County,
Cal.
[Analyst, Oscar Loew (1876). Authority, Wheeler report. Constituents are in parts per million.]
29° C. (85° F.)
Properties of reaction:
43
0
0
24
33
20
By Reacting
Constituents.
weight. values.
Sodium (Na) ....................................................................... 294 12.76
Trace.
Lithium (Li) ....................................................................... Trace. Trace.
Calcium (Ca) ....................................................................... 129 6.43
368 7.67
Chloride (Cl). . ...................................................................... 18 .50
331 11.02
Phosphate (PO4) ................................................................... Trace. Trace.
Silica (SiO2)...... .................................................................. 115 - 3.81
1,255
Excess.
Trace. Trace.
Reported by Adolph Knopf. 2 Wheeler, G. M., U. S. Geog. Surveys W. 100th Mer., 1876, p. 195.