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SOAPING GEYSERS. 



Upper, Lower, iiud Xorris geyser basins, may serve to show the com- 

 position of all of tbeni, the differences which exist being equally well 

 marked in the analyses of any two waters from the same geyser basin. 



Bee-Hive Geyser. 



Grams 

 per kilo 

 of water. 



Per cent 

 of total 

 niattf^riu 

 solution. 



0. 3042 

 .0271 

 .0920 



.0145 

 .0011 

 .3894 

 Trace 



Silica 



Sulphuric acid 



Carbouic acid 



Plio-sphoric acid 



Boracic acid 



Arsenious acid 



Chlorine 



Bromiuo 



Iodine 



Fluorine. 



Hydr. sulph 



Oxygen (basic) . 0364 



Iron Trace 



Manganese i 



Ahmiinium 



Calcium 



Magnesium 



Potassium 



Sodium 



Lithium 



Ammonium 



Ca?3ium 



Rubidium 



25. 12 

 2. 24 

 7.60 



Fountain Geyser, j Fearless Geyser. 



. 0029 

 .0039 



.. 0002 

 .0213 

 .3118 

 . 0061 

 . 00021 



1.20 



.09 



32.15 



Grams 

 per kilo 

 of water. 



0.3315 

 .0195 

 . 2307 

 . 00004 

 .0138 

 .0027 

 .3337 

 .0004 



.24 

 .32 

 .02 

 1.76 



2.1. 74 

 .50 

 .02 



Trace 

 . 0054 

 .0002 



Trace 

 .0057 

 .0014 

 .0010 

 . 0379 

 .3522 

 . 0035 

 . 00015 



Per cent 



of total t „„ 1 ;i., 

 matterin[P,«lh'i!: 

 solution. 



Grams 



I of water. 



23. 69 0. 4180 



1.39 ; .0367 



16.48 i .0046 



Per cent 

 of total 

 matter in 

 solution. 



25.60 

 2. 25 



.28 



.99 : .0223 



. 19 j . 0022 



23.84 .6705 



.03 I .0026 



Trace 



4.67 .0113 

 . 01 . 0006 



.41 



.10 



.07 



2.71 



25. 16 



. 0002 

 . 0092 

 . 0001 

 . 0415 

 . 4046 

 .0081 

 . 00025 

 Trace 

 Trace 



1.30 



.14 



41.06 



.16 



.01 

 .56 

 .01 

 2. 54 

 24.77 

 .50 

 .02 



100.00 j 1.39979 i 100.00 I 1.63275 100.00 



Bee Hive Geyser, Upper Geyser Basin. Date of < ollcf^tion September 1, 1884; temperature 199. 4*^ 

 F. ; reaction, alkaline; specific gravity, 1.0009. 



Fountain Geyser, Lower Geyser Basin. Date of collection, AugusI 24, I8S4; tcnijK^ratnri* 179. O'^ 

 F.; reaction, alkaline; .'specific gravity, 1.0010. 



Fearless Geyser, Norris Geyser Basin. Date of (ollection, August 18, 1884; temperature 190. 4° 

 F. ; reaction neutral, specifi(^ gravity, 1.0011. 



The differences of temperature shown in these three waters are 

 simi^ly due to the varying interval between the time of collection and 

 the last preceding eruption of the geyser. In the case of the Fountain, 

 the water rises in a large open basin, which slowly fills np, increasing 

 in temperature until the time of the eruption, the form of the basin per- 

 mitting the collection of the water two or three hours before the next 

 outburst. In the case of the Fearless the surface reservoir is a shaHow, 

 saucer-shaped basin, into wliich the water seldom rises before attaining 

 a temperature near the boiling-point. At the Bee-Hive the water only 

 reaches a sufficiently high level to permit of its collection without 

 difticulty when the temperature stands at or near the boiling-i)oiiit. 



Dv. Raymond has made the suggestion that the addition of caustic 

 alkali would possibly precipitate some of the mineral ingredients found 



