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336 SPRINGS OF CALIFOBNTA.

FERN SPRING (MARIPOSA 2).
About one-third of a mile west of Moss Spring another flow of
cool, excellent water that is known as Fern Spring issues in the valley
land, but like that of Moss Spring it has not been used.
FOUNTAIN SPRING (TULARE 16).
A few springs issue along the western base of the southern Sierra
and have been used to some extent for domestic and garden supplies.
Fountain Spring, which is about 15 miles east of south from Porters-
ville, has long been known and utilized for such purposes.
YANKEE SPRING (TULARE 17).
Yankee Spring is situated about 20 miles south of Portersville, in
the foothills that border the valley land. Like Fountain Spring it
is well known in this region, and has long furnished a domestic and
garden supply.
WILLOW SPRING (KERN 5).
A few perennial springs which are similar in character to the two
last described issue on the slopes of the southern Sierra, some distance
from the open land of San Joaquin Valley. Among them is Willow
Spring, which is about 30 miles east of south from Portersville. Like
the other springs of the region its water has been used locally to
some extent.
LANDERS SPRING (KERN 18).
Landers Spring is in the basin of Caliente Creek, about 25 miles
east of Caliente railroad station. It is a well-known watering place
in this portion of the southern Sierra and is of local value as a water
supply.
BLACK LAKE SPRINGS (MONO 11).
Black Lake is a narrow body of water, about 2 miles long, that lies
on a plateau east of the Sierra, in Mono County. The southern end
of its basin is about 2 miles west of and 900 feet above Benton, and
during periods of high water the lake overflows down a steep rocky
canyon past the settlement. The water has a dark color (possibly
derived from decaying tules) which has given the lake its name. The
lake is said to be partly supplied by large springs that rise in it. In
the fall of 1908 there was a tule swamp one-quarter of a mile long at
the southern end of the lake, and beyond it a stretch of meadow 300
yards wide and one-half mile long, extending to the head of the canyon.
In the tule swamp about 25 pools were counted, ranging in diameter
from 1 foot to 15 feet, with vertical banks and with depths apparently
greater than their diameters. There was little overflow from the
pools, but all contained cold water of good quality. At the southern