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NEILLS HOT SPRING (KERN 10).
About 7 miles west of south from Kernville hot water rises near
the center of Hot Spring Valley, about 1 mile east of the present
channel of Kern River. Like several other hot springs in the State?
this was known as Agua Caliente to the Spanish settlers, and has
been referred to under this name in a few publications. There is a
small seepage pool 75 yards from the main spring, but the entire
flow is now from one vent. About 40 feet of well casing was sunk
into this spring a few years' ago, and the yield was thereby materially
increased. The water, which has a temperature of 131° and a flow
of about 115 gallons a minute, is used for domestic purposes and
irrigation. The ranch house is a stopping place for travelers and is
occasionally visited by people who wish to use the baths.
The water is noticeably sulphureted, and fragments of a white
mineral, possibly magnesite, are said to have been brought up when
the casing was being sunk.
The topography of Hot Spring Valley suggests that Kern River
formerly flowed through it along the fault zone that is believed to
exist here.
CLEAR CREEK HOT SPRINGS (KERN 9).
Hot water issues at three or four places among the bowlders at
the southern edge of Kern River 200 yards below the mouth of Clear
Creek. In 1908 the springs were seldom visited, but a few years
earlier, during the construction of a power, canal near by, they were
made use of by the workmen for bathing and washing and became
known locally as the Hobo Springs. The water is^mildly sulphureted.
DELONEGHA SPRINGS (KERN 8).
At the western edge of Kern River, about 6 miles below the Clear
Creek springs, is a group of three hot springs that are called after a
prospector named Delonegha. These springs (PL V, B) issue a few
feet above the river surface from crevices in fractured, massive gran-
ite. The water is distinctly bulphureted, but it does not seem to be
otherwise notably mineralized. In 1908 there was a resort here,
consisting of a small hotel and two bathhouses. The flow of two of
the springs was collected in cement basins and used in the bath-
houses, which were perched on the rocks above the river. The third
spring issues too close to the river to be easily available.
DEMOCRAT SPRINGS (KERN 7).
At Democrat Springs, which are 5 miles below Delonegha Springs,
hot water issues on the southwest side of Kern River, within 150
feet of its edge, but 50 or 75 feet above its surface. In 1908 there
was a substantial hotel, having accommodations for 100 people, at