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318 SPRINGS OF CALIFOENIA.

around the border of this dry lake. All appear to be supplied by the
upward leakage of alluvial artesian water.1

INDIAN SPRING (KEEN 25).
Indian Spring is situated near the northern border of Rosamond
Dry Lake, 3 miles east of the station of the same name on the South-
ern Pacific Railroad, about 200 yards south of the base of steep hills.
The spring, which has only a slight flow, has been curbed to form a
cattle-watering pool about 12 feet square, and deeply worn trails
lead to it. A small box-curbed pool in the center furnishes a water
supply to prospectors and travelers. The property has been filed
upon and two or three cabins have been built near the spring. An-
other spring of similar character but of only seeping flow issues near
the southern border of the valley, about 13 miles southward or 2
miles southwest of the town of Lancaster.

WILLOW SPRINGS (KERN 22).
Willow Springs are on the ranch of Mr. E. M. Hamilton, at the
northern border of Antelope Valley, 8 miles west of Rosamond.
The ranch forms a small settlement where supplies and accommoda-
tions for the night may be obtained.
Several springs and seepages issue for a distance of a quarter of a
mile along the base of hills that border the valley, and farther west-
ward, beyond the Willow Springs group, others of similar character
issue, the principal one being known as Bean Spring.
In the Willow Springs group 7 springs may be recognized, of
which the southernmost yields much the greatest supply, its dis-
charge being (in July, 1909) 15 or 20 gallons a minute. It rises in
a bricked and cemented chamber, about 15 feet in diameter and 10
feet high, that has been constructed in an excavation in the bank.
The water is piped to a cement reservoir about 50 feet in diameter
and 6 feet deep and is used for irrigation. Water from two or three
of the other springs is collected in a smaller reservoir and is also
used for irrigation. About 35 acres of vegetables, alfalfa, and
orchard are watered by these springs. The following analysis of
water from the main spring shows it to be a primary saline secondary
alkaline water of low concentration.

1 The origin of these springs is discussed by H. R. Johnson, in Water resources of Antelope Valley,
California: U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 278, pp. 47-48,1911.