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of the creek, and the springs issue along the northern edge of its
natural channel. A wall directs the stream to the opposite side of its
channel, however, and protects the springs from being flooded.
Three of the four principal springs on the property rise within 30
yards of each other, between the hotel and the bathhouse. Two of
these form cemented drinking pools of slight discharge in which the
water is strongly saline and sulphureted. The analysis of the water
of the western of these two (No. I below) indicates that it is a highly
concentrated saline water. The central spring of the three rises in a
concrete standpipe to a height of several feet above the ground, and
its water is thence conducted by a small flume to a heating boiler at
the bathhouse. Small quantities of sulphur and gypsum are deposited
along the sides of the flume. The yield is about 2| gallons a minute.
The fourth spring, which is known as Montgomery Spring, rises in a
cemented drinking pool about 300 yards farther eastward, upstream,
and yields perhaps 2 gallons a minute of mildly sulphureted water
that does not taste noticeably saline. Analysis shows that it is a
moderately concentrated water of primary and secondary alkaline
character but containing also notable primary salinity. Because of
the sulphureted character they are indicated on Plate III (in pocket).
Analyses of water from Richardson Springs, Butte County, Cal.
[Analyst, Maxwell. Authority, advertising matter. Constituents are in parts per million.]
Spring No. 1. Montgomery Spring.

Temperature. .................................................. 16° C. (61° F.). 15° C. (59° F.).
Properties of reaction:
Trinmry salinity . ~. ............................ . . ..... 90 30
10 0
Trace. 1 0
0 25
0 45
Tertiary alkalinity ........................................ 9 45
By
By
Constituents. weight. Reacting weight. Reacting
values.
values.
6,431 279.2 89 3.87
766 19.6 18 .46
Lithium (Li). .................................................. Trace. Trace. Trace. Trace.
Trace. Trace.
Barium (Ba). .................................................. Trace. .Trace.
622 31.05 48 2.39
11 .92 14 1.15
Iron (Fe). ...................................................... Trace. Trace. Trace. Trace.
6.3 .71 3.7 .41
Sulphate (SO4). . ............................................... 2,730 56.9 66 1.37
Chloride (01) . .................................................. 9,729 274.6 36 1.01
165 5.50
Silica (SiO2) .................................................... 18 .60 61 2.02
20,313.3 500.7
96 4.36 11 .50
417 24.48 17 1.02