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SALINE SPBINGS. 305
Castalian Mineral Water, which has been sold for medicinal use,
has been obtained either directly from Owens Lake, in Inyo County,
or from springs close to its shore. An analysis that is thought to
represent the bottled water is here tabulated with analyses of water
from Owens Lake. The analyses on page 304 indicate that the
waters are similar in character, if not identical, being primary saline
and alkaline.
LAKESIDE MINERAL WELLS (SAN DIEGO 12).
Lakeside Mineral Wells are situated on property belonging to the
Lakeside Inn, which is 22 miles by railroad northeast of San Diego.
Three wells that were here sunk about 1906 in the valley of San
Diego River yield mineralized waters that are known, respectively,
as Soda, Iron-soda, and Saline. Water from the first two wells has
been piped to hydrants in a small house near the inn and is used for
drinking. The following analysis of the Iron-soda water shows that
it is primary saline and secondary alkaline in character. The content
of iron is not unusually high.
Analysis of water from Iron-soda well, Lakeside Mineral Wells, San Diego County, Cal.
{Analyst, Smith, Emery & Co. (1907). Authority, advertising matter. Constituents are in parts per
million.]
Properties of reaction:
59
0
0
2
39
10
React-
By
Constituents. ing
weight.
values.
190 8.25
Trace.
62 3.10
27 2.22
2.4 .09
Sulphate (SO4).. .................................................................... 78 1.61
Nitrate (N03).-. .................................................................... .6 .01
Chloride (Cl)... ..................................................................... 226 6.38
Carbonate (CO3)..... ........ "....................................................... 169 5.63
Phosphate (PO4). ...................................................................
80ie&(SiO»)...... ................................................................... 37 1.23
0 00
A mildly saline water, similar to the Lakeside water, was formerly
obtained from a well on the grounds of Coronado Hotel, on the sand
spit or peninsula that forms a protecting arm of San Diego Bay. The
water had a local sale for table use and was also used at the hotel,
but an attempt to increase the supply by deepening the well resulted
in obtaining a strongly saline, unusable water, and the well has long
been abandoned.
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