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306 SPRINGS OP CALIFORNIA.
AQUA VITJE MINERAL WELL (LOS ANGELES 13).
Aqua VitaB Mineral Water is obtained from a well in the north-
eastern part of the city of Los Angeles. The well is about 400 feet
deep and the mineralized water rises to within about 40 feet of the
surface. The water, which is pumped into cement reservoirs and
thence piped to an adjacent bottling house, has been on the local
market since 1901 or 1902 and has been sold both natural and car-
bonated. The following analyses show that the water is primary
and secondary saline in character. These analyses were made sev-
eral years apart and indicate a considerable change in the character
of the water that is probably accounted for largely by the decay of
the casing and admission of other than the lower mineralized water
into the well.
Analyses of Aqua Vitse Mineral Water, Los Angeles County, Cal.
[Authority, advertising matter. Constituents are in parts per million.]
1 2

Properties of reaction:
57 32
29 34
0 0
0 0
14 34
93 29
By Reacting By Reacting
Constituents. weight. values. weight. values.
399 17.36 232 10.09
Calcium (Ca) ................................................... 264 13.17 252 12.58
109 8.97
20 .71
Sulphate (SO4) .............................................. 1,174 24.45 876 18.24
Chloride (Cl)................................................... 69 1.95 91 2.57
Carbonate (CO8) ............................................... 145 4.84 325 10.83
Silica (SiO2).... ................................................ 20 .66 36 1.19
2,091 1,921
593 26.96 178 8.09
1. Analysts, Childs and Hansen, several years prior to 1909. *
2. Analyst not given; made in 1909.
SAN BENITO MINERAL WELL (SAN BENITO 1).
San Benito Mineral Water has been obtained for a number of years
from Mr. A. F. Anderson's well, about 4 miles southeast, of HolHster,
in San Benito County, and has been carbonated and bottled by the
local soda works. The following analysis shows that the water is
rather concentrated and is primary saline in character: