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316 SPEINGS OF CALIFORNIA.
the springs, and the water is pumped to the mine, several miles
northward.

TWENTY-NINE PALMS SPRINGS (SAN BERNARDINO 44).
In the region north of the Colorado Desert there are a number of
springs and groups of springs 'that are probably supplied by alluvial
artesian water. Twenty-nine Palms Springs, which form a camping
place for prospectors and also furnish a water supply for mining
camps in the near-by mountains, are scattered for a mile along the
southwest edge of a dry lake, about 45 miles by road northward from
Indio. They receive their name from groups of palm trees that grow
near them.
OLD WOMAN SPRINGS (SAN BERNARDINO 27).
On the southern border of Mohave Desert, about 40 miles by road
south of east from Victorville, two springs issue from the northern
base of a hill of basic lava. The larger spring, which is known as Old
Woman Spring proper, flows from a 30-foot tunnel in the hillside.
In June, 1910, it yielded about 150 gallons a minute, but its flow is
said to vary considerably with the season. The water is collected in
an earthen reservoir and is thence used to irrigate an alfalfa field.
The second spring, which is known as Pommer Spring, issues from a
hole beneath a cottonwood tree about 50 yards northwest of the
main spring. It yields about 12 gallons a minute of water that has
been used to irrigate an orchard near by.
COTTONWOOD SPUING (SAN BERNARDINO 26).
Cottonwood Spring, which is 1 mile northwest of Old Woman
Springs, issues from a 50-foot tunnel in coarse gravel or conglomerate
near lava slopes. It yields about 3 gallons a minute of water that is
collected in a small reservoir and used to irrigate a garden.
The three springs last described Old Woman, Pommer, and Cot-
tonwood are apparently situated at places where alluvial water
from the slopes of San Bernardino Mountains, which lie to the south,
is forced to the surface by rock obstruction. In this respect they are
thought to be similar in origin to Newberry Spring, described on
page 317. The waters of all three are slightly alkaline.

RABBIT SPRINGS (SAN BERNARDINO 25).
Rabbit Springs, which are situated about 25 miles east of Victor-
ville, issue from a marshy bank near a group of cottonwood trees.
The group includes two principal springs, one of which slightly over-
flows from a box-curbed pool and is used by campers and travelers;