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338 SPRINGS OF CALIFORNIA.
SCOTTY SPRINGS (INYO 6).
A number of springs of considerable flow issue along the eastern
face of the Sierra bordering Owens Valley. One of the groups of
largest flow is at Scotty Springs, on the mountain side about 12 miles
in a direct line northwest of Independence and 1,800 feet above the
valley. Three springs rise here at short distances apart in a small
marshy area and yield a considerable flow which is tributary to
Division Creek.
SPRING NEAR STRING MEADOWS (FRESNO 3).
Beside a trail between String Meadows and Rattlesnake Lake, in
the northern extremity of Fresno County, there is a cold spring of
rather unusual character, as it issues in full volume from beneath a
small bank. It yields about 15 gallons a minute of water of excellent
quality, and its position beside the trail makes it well known to
travelers.
THREE SPRINGS (FRESNO 7).
Three Springs form a group rising a few yards apart in a small
meadow on the higher slope of the Sierra. They yield a combined
flow of perhaps 100 gallons a minute, but as there has nat been a
well-traveled trail past them they have not been well known nor often
visited.
RIVER SPRING (TTTLARE 6).
A few cold springs of excellent water and large flow issue on the
western slope of the high Sierra, south of those that have just
been described. River Spring, which is one of the largest of these,
issues on the slopes above Ninemile Creek, a tributary of North
Fork of Kern River. The spring is about 4 miles by trail northeast
of Jordan Hot Springs (Tulare 7, p. 53). The water rises in full
volume from beneath a granitic bowlder, 3 or 4 feet in diameter,
beside the trail and forms a stream of about 550 gallons a minute.
Numerous small cold springs issue in the many meadows of the Sierra,
but springs of such large flow as River Spring are not common.

BARREL SPRINGS (INYO 9). 1
There are several perennial springs in the Inyo Mountains on the
eastern side of Owens Valley. One group of these, well known
locally, is Barrel Springs, in Mazourka Canyon, about 10 miles north-
east of Independence, or 6 miles north of Citrus railroad station.
The flow is small but of good quality and furnishes a supply for
prospectors.
i The descriptions of a number of springs in southeastern California are taken from a report by W. C.
Mendenhall (Some desert watering places in southeastern California and southwestern Nevada: U. S. GeoL
Survey Water-Supply Paper 224). This paper contains also descriptions of many wells and of slightly used
springs that are not shown on Plate I of the present paper. See also Bailey, G. E., The saline deposits of
California: California State Min. Bur. Bull. 24, May, 1902.